NEW LENOX, IL - One person was injured on Tuesday afternoon around 2 p.m. when a semitrailer traveling along Interstate 80 rolled over near New Lenox. The rollover prompted several Illinois State Police cars as well as the New Lenox Fire Protection District. Todd Sherman of the Northern Illinois FireGround Photos got to the scene and captured several of these photographs.
His public safety Facebook page reported that the driver was hurt and has been taken by ambulance to Silver Cross Hospital. The semi was traveling along the ramp from eastbound I-80 to Route 30. The semi's load may have shifted, prompting the mishap.
The injury to the driver is not believed to be life-threatening.
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Images via Todd Sherman, Northern Illinois FireGround Photos
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