Homeless Man Killed by Semi Tuesday in Joliet

JOLIET, IL — A 54-year-old homeless man was killed by a semi Tuesday in Joliet.

A 39-year-old Indiana semi driver was turning eastbound onto Jackson when he felt a bump and heard horns, according to a report from The Herald-News. He stopped and found William Brinkman in the road.

"Witnesses in another vehicle traveling eastbound on Jackson saw the victim fall head first into the street in front of the semi while it was turning," Joliet Police Deputy Chief Tab Jensen said in the article. A phone message left with the JPD was not immediately returned Friday morning.

No citations were given.

On Wednesday, a semi struck and killed 25-year-old Aaron A. Wiley at I-80 and Wheeler Ave.

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