Two Pickups and a Semi Collide in Marion County
Published on January 4 2022 7:09 am
Last Updated on January 4 2022 7:09 am
Written by Greg Sapp
Two pickup trucks and a semi were involved in a crash just after 3pm Monday in Marion County.
The crash happened on Illinois Route 37 at Tonti Road, north of Salem. Illinois State Police report a pickup truck driven by 18-year-old Austin Lange of Edgewood was southbound on Route 37 and rear-ended a pickup truck driven by 60-year-old Charles B. Wilson of Teutopolis, pushing Wilson's pickup truck into a semi driven by 29-year-old Stephen Getz of Eureka. Getz had been stopped, waiting to turn left off the highway onto Tonti Road.
Wilson was taken for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.
Lange was cited for failure to reduce speed to avoid the crash.