HARRISBURG, Ill.—A traffic crash on Illinois Route 13 at Illinois Route 34 sent twins and woman who was a passenger in the vehicle they were riding in, to a hospital yesterday afternoon in Harrisburg.
The accident occurred at approximately 3:26 p.m. yesterday (Saturday, December 20, 2014), and closed Illinois Route 13, between Illinois Route 34 and US Route 45, for approximately two hours while the traffic crash was investigated by Illinois State Police.
According to the preliminary traffic crash investigative details, the driver of a white 2000 GMC Safari van, a 31-year-old male from Eldorado who was not identified by ISP, was eastbound on Illinois Route 13 at the intersection of Illinois Route 34, when he entered the intersection on a green light.
The driver of a red 2011 Lincoln MKX, Willie D. Langford, 72, of Harrisburg, was traveling northbound on Illinois Route 34 and entered the intersection with Illinois Route 13 on a red light, striking the rear passenger side of the GMC Safari van. Two passengers in the GMC Safari van (2-year-old twin boys), a 23-year-old female and one of the twins, none of them identified by ISP, were ejected from their vehicle following impact.
Langford was transported from the crash scene by ambulance to an area hospital. The 23-year-old female and the two-year-old male twins were transported via helicopter to hospitals in Evansville, Indiana.
Bishop’s Towing of Harrisburg, Illinois, removed both vehicles from the crash scene.
ISP District 19 was assisted at the crash scene by the Harrisburg Police Department, Saline County Ambulance Service, MedForce Ambulance Service, Air Evac, Life Flight, and Bishop?s Towing.
Willie D. Langford was cited for Disobeying a Traffic Control Signal. Additional Charges are pending.