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Last updated 11:43 am CT September 02, 2010.
Two Crashes in Two Days Close I57
Sunday's accident happened shortly after 3:30 p.m. on the northbound side of I 57 just north of the Benton exit.
The Illinois State Police say Karrie Duckwiler, 24, of Astoria slammed on the breaks of her pickup truck due to construction. Troopers report that Duckwiler and the Michigan man driving a semi behind her lost control of their vehicles. Both struck a guard rail.
Authorities say Duckwiler received only minor injures. The semi driver and Duckwiler's one-year-old passenger were not injured.
Just before 5 p.m. Saturday another truck crashed in the southbound lanes between Sesser and Benton.
Officials say the driver swerved and over-corrected, hit another vehicle, and ended up on it's side.
That truck driver received minor injures and was sited for improper lane usage. People in the other vehicle were not injured. Everyone involved in that accident was from out of state.
The interstate was closed for several hours both days as authorities worked the scenes.
FRANKLIN COUNTY, Ill.-- Drivers and passengers walked away from a tractor trailer accident on I-57, but traffic was backed up for hours.
The accident happened Saturday afternoon around 4:45 in the southbound lanes between Sesser and Benton.
Officials say the semi veered off the road. The driver overcorrected and hit another vehicle. The semi landed on it's side and slid more that 100 feet.
The Illinois State Patrol closed southbound lanes causing major delays for drivers, but Trooper Dave Sneed said the people directly involved in the accident were lucky.
"It appears the driver of the semi has some minor injuries. The driver and the passenger of the small Toyota vehicle...sustained no injury at all."
Sneed said the accident could have been devastating for the people in the Toyota. The driver of the semi was wearing a seatbelt.
"That's just proof that the seat belt does save lives," Sneed said.
All of those people were from out of state.
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