Plainfield, IL : 1 killed in crash on Interstate 55 near southwest suburban Plainfield on Sunday, 19th January, 2020

A Berwyn police officer was killed Sunday in a crash on Interstate 55 near southwest suburban Plainfield.

The crash happened about 6 a.m. on southbound I-55 just north of U.S. Route 30, Illinois State Police said. A 2008 Hino box truck got into a crash with a pickup truck, and shortly after, a 2019 Dodge Durango slammed into the rear of the box truck.

Berwyn Police Officer Charles Schauer, 33, was a passenger in the Dodge and pronounced dead on the scene, police said. The driver of the vehicle, Erin L. Zilka, was hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries and charged with DUI.

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