Traffic & Transit
Gardner Man, 36, Dies On I-55: Car Pinned Under Semitrailer
Elwood and Channahon fire and rescue responded to Friday's late morning fatality along I-55 south of Joliet.
CHANNAHON, IL — Interstate 55 south of Joliet was backed up for several miles as police and fire paramedics investigated a crash that resulted in the death of a 36-year-old Gardner man. The Will County Coroner identified the fatality victim as Timothy Thomason.
The wreck happened shortly before noon Friday. The Gardner man's car was pinned underneath a semi at I-55 near Arsensal Road.
Illinois State Police posted on Facebook that the crash happened at 11:56 a.m. and the northbound lanes of I-55 were closed at River Road for the investigation.
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The Gardner man's sedan and the semi were both headed north along I-55 toward Joliet when the car struck the back of the semi. Thomason was pronounced dead at the scene, Illinois State Police announced. The semi driver is a 52-year-old man from Roanoke, Virginia.
By Friday evening, both directions of I-55 were open again.
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