VERMILION COUNTY, IL : 1 dead after two I-74 crashes on Thursday, 1st August 2019

A man has died after two crashes on I-74 Thursday.

State police said the first crash occurred Thursday afternoon on I-74 westbound at mile post 202 near Fithian, when a minivan hit the back of a truck tractor semi-trailer that was slowed in traffic. The minivan driver, whose name has not been released, went to a hospital with minor injuries.

The second crash happened soon after the first on I-74 at mile post 206, when a truck tractor semi-trailer hit another that was slowed down and caught fire. The driver of the truck tractor that rear-ended the other has died, troopers said.

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