Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Mike Koziatek. September 4, 2024 at 3:56 PM. A motorcyclist died in a collision with a tractor-trailer Wednesday afternoon and southbound Interstate 55 in East St. Louis was closed for several ...
Mike Koziatek. May 2, 2023 at 12:50 PM. The death toll from a series of crashes on Interstate 55 during a dust storm Monday has been increased from six to seven, Illinois State Police said Tuesday ...
The crash happened on Sept. 8 on Interstate 55 southbound under Interstate 94. Around 5:05 a.m., troopers were called to the area for reports of a pedestrian struck by a car. The victim, who was ...
From 1979 to 2005, the number of deaths per year decreased 14.97% while the number of deaths per capita decreased by 35.46%. The 32,479 traffic fatalities in 2011 were the lowest in 62 years, since 1949. [ 5 ] For 2016, the NHTSA reported 37,461 people killed in 34,436 fatal motor vehicle crashes, an average of 102 per day. [ 6 ]
Carrollton bus collision. The Carrollton bus collision occurred on May 14, 1988, on Interstate 71 in unincorporated Carroll County, Kentucky. The collision involved a former school bus in use by a church youth group and a pickup truck driven by an alcohol-impaired driver. The head-on collision was the deadliest incident involving drunk driving ...
I-55 was originally constructed in the 1960s, to extend a section of US 66 between I-294 and Gardner which had been converted into a freeway and had Interstate signage installed in 1960. During the rest of the 1960s, I-55 was built in portions throughout Illinois, eventually connecting St. Louis to Chicago, where it became the fourth direct ...
At least six people were killed and more than 30 were hospitalized when dust reduced visibility on Interstate 55, resulting in a crash involving 40 to 60 cars and roughly 30 semi-trailers.
5. On August 16, 1987, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, operating as Northwest Airlines Flight 255, crashed shortly after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, about 8:46 pm EDT (00:46 UTC August 17), resulting in the deaths of all six crew members and 148 of the 149 passengers, along with two people on the ground.