Semi-Tractor Trailer Crash on Interstate 80 Claims 24-Year-Old's Life
A 24-year-old woman has died from injuries she sustained during a semi-tractor trailer accident on Interstate 80 early Saturday. Abby Lynn Vermeire was riding in the front seat of a 2006 Ford 500 driven by her fiancé Erik Hayek when their car went under the large truck at around 3:30am.
According to police, the semi’s driver, Hryhoriy Kozachok, was making an illegal U-turn on the interstate’s east and westbound lanes when the collision happened. Fog likely played a role in the large truck crash. Kozachok is charged with making an unsafe turn.
Hayek, 30, was injured in the truck crash, as was a passenger who was riding in the back seat of his car. Kozachok, did not sustain any injuries. Another man, 19-year-old Jacob Harris, rear-ended Hayek’s vehicle right after the truck crash. He was treated at the hospital and then released.
Hayek and Vermeire were going to get married on July 17.
Chicago, Illinois Semi-Tractor Trailer Accident
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I-80 crash dies, Quad-City Times, May 23, 2010
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