ISP Traffic Crash With Injury

Clark County, IL-(Effingham Radio)- The Following Preliminary Information is Being Released by Illinois State Police District 12:

WHAT:                      

• Single Vehicle Personal Injury Traffic Crash

WHERE: 

• Interstate 70 westbound near milepost 154.5, Clark County

WHEN:

• Dec. 1, 2021 at approximately 10:35 a.m.

VEHICLE:

• Unit 1– 2020 White Freightliner Truck-Tractor Semi-Trailer

DRIVER:                   

• Unit 1- Jaspreet Singh, 34-year-old make from Greenwood, IN – Transported by ambulance to an area hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

PRELIMINARY:      

• A preliminary investigation indicates the following occurred: Unit 1 was traveling west on Interstate 70 near milepost 154.5 in Clark County. The driver of Unit 1 lost control and ran off the road to the right and struck a ditch embankment. Unit 1 came to rest in the right ditch. The driver of Unit 1 was transported by ambulance to an area hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

CHARGES:

• Unit 1 driver was cited for Failure to Reduce Speed to Avoid an Accident and Operating an Uninsured Vehicle.

All subjects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.