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 WHAT: Fatal
Traffic Crash with Road Closure
WHERE: I-55 N/B MP 118, Logan County
WHEN: Sunday 09/20/15 at 9:10 P.M.
VEHICLES:
Unit 1: 2006 Silver Freightliner Truck Tractor Semi Trailer
Combination
Unit 2: 2004 Ford F-650
DRIVERS:
Unit 1: Michael W. Marsh, 64, Benton, AR.
Unit 2: Jamal W. Horvath, 22, Rochester, Il.
PRELIMINARY: According to the preliminary traffic crash
investigation District 9 responded to a truck tractor semi-trailer
versus pedestrian crash on I-55 northbound near milepost 118.
 The pedestrian,
Jamal W. Horvath, who was working as a tow truck operator and
standing next to the driver’s side of his marked tow truck, which
had its amber rotating / flashing lights activated, was in the
process of removing a disabled vehicle from the right shoulder of
the interstate when he was struck by a passing truck tractor
semi-trailer.
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Mr. Horvath was pronounced
deceased at the scene of the crash by the Logan County Coroner’s Office. The
driver of the truck tractor semi-trailer, Mr. Michael W. Marsh, was not injured.
The right and center lanes of I-55 near the crash scene were shut down for
several hours will police conducted their investigation.
TRANSPORTS: Logan County
Coroner’s Officer
SEATBELTS: Freightliner: Yes
CHARGES: Mr. Marsh was cited for failing to yield to a stationary authorized
emergency vehicle and improper lane usage. The investigation continues.
[Brice Hager, Illinois State Police] |
