CLARK CO., Ill. - A car-v-semi accident on I-70 earlier today sent a Maryland woman to the hospital and got an Indiana truck driver cited.
Illinois State Police worked the accident, which occurred in the eastbound lane at milepost 133.5, three miles east of Casey in Clark County, at 12:46 p.m. today, Friday, June 22.
Preliminary investigative details indicate that a white 2018 Freightliner Truck/Tractor-semitrailer with Indiana registration being driven by Rhonda S. Lathrop, 63, of Indianapolis, and a copper 2014 Dodge Journey with Maryland registration being driven by Angel M. Tanner, 22, of Hagerstown, Maryland, were eastbound on I-70. The truck was in the right lane and Dodge was in the left lane. The truck began to make a lane change and struck the right front of the Dodge with the left rear of the truck’s semitrailer.
Angel Tanner was transported by ambulance to Union Hospital in Terra Haute, Ind.
Lathrop was cited for Improper Lane Usage.