A tragic traffic accident occurred early Sunday morning on the Interstate 90, in Illinois, leaving seven dead, including five children and his mother after a two-vehicle crash that ended in fire, according to the Illinois State Police.
Officers responded to a crash involving a wrong-way driver at 2: 11 am They indicated that a van collided with another vehicle from the front, causing both cars to catch fire.
“There are seven confirmed deaths at this time, one adult woman and five children from the van and one adult woman from the passenger vehicle”, ind The state police said in a statement.
At least one person managed to survive the accident and was taken by air ambulance to the Loyola University Medical Center with serious injuries, as indicated by the District Chief of Fire Protection of Hampshire, Trevor Herrmann.
The fatal accident caused the temporary closure in both directions of the I-90 in McHenry County during the dawn. Westbound lanes were closed near mile marker 33 for several hours, then reopened to traffic around : 30 am, pointed to ABC 7.
State police said they will provide an update “once more information is available,” according to the statement.