One was injured Sunday afternoon when a motorcycle failed to yield to semi-truck while merging onto I-70 at the milepost 127 ramp near Casey.
The motorcycle driven by 67-year-old Carl Bird, of Ontario, Canada, attempted to enter I-70 in a one-lane construction zone and failed to yield to semi-truck driven by 40-year-old Chedhli Benelhaj, of Etters Pennsylvania. Benelhaj struck the rear of Bird’s vehicle and he was dragged approximately 100 feet befor coming to rest.
Bird was flown to Carle Hospital in Urbana for treatment and is charged with failure to yield.