5th Person Involved in July I-55 Crash Has Died

Francisco Espinal-Quiroz

A fifth person has died as a result of injuries inflicted in the Interstate 55 crash near Elwood last month, reports the Chicago Tribune.

Timothy J. Osburn, 64, died at 6:36 p.m. Wednesday at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, according to the Cook County coroner.

Osburn was seriously injured in a chain-reaction crash on July 21 in the northbound lanes that began when a speeding semi-tractor truck pushed three cars into another truck as they entered a construction zone near Elwood.

Three women and a young girl were killed.

The driver, Francisco Espinal-Quiroz, 51, is accused of reckless homicide in a construction zone, falsifying his log book, traffic violations, failure to reduce speed. On July 22, a judge set his bail at $1 million.

Kimberly K. Britton, 43, of Urbana; Piper Britton, 11, of Urbana; Vicky L. Palacios, 54, of Coal City; and Ulrike P. Blopleh, 48, of Channahon, died in the crash.