ELIZABETH, IL : 2 injured when 2 motorcycles crash avoiding truck in Jo Daviess County on Sunday, 8th August 2021

Authorities said two people were injured when two motorcycles crashed trying to avoid another vehicle on Sunday in Jo Daviess County.

Alex A. Gibbs, 26, of Villa Park, was airlifted to Javon Bea Hospital-Rockton in Rockford for treatment, while Darbi L. Carbone, 40, of Crystal Lake, was taken by ambulance to FHN Memorial Hospital in Freeport, according to the Jo Daviess County Sheriff’s Department.

The crash occurred at about 3:05 p.m. Sunday on South Derinda Road in rural Elizabeth. A press release states that Jeremiah R. Ellinor, 19, of Elizabeth, was southbound in a truck pulling a trailer carrying hay bales, then started to turn left into a private lane. At that time, motorcycles being driven by Gibbs and Jeramy M. Carbone, 44, of Crystal Lake, were among those trying to pass the truck in the left lane.

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