MARION CO.— Heavy rainfall and water-covered roadways sent a truck driver off the road and his passenger to the hospital yesterday (Monday, December 28, 2015).
According to Illinois State Police Master Sergeant Bruce Waggoner, Joshua DeHaven, age 34, was southbound on Interstate 57 at milepost 132 at approximately 12:06 p.m. when he encountered near-blinding heavy rain which caused him to run off the road and into a ditch on the west side of the interstate.
Waggoner said that a preliminary investigation shows the 2009 Kenworth truck tractor traveled 630 feet before striking a concrete drainage culvert.
While DeHaven was uninjured, a passenger, identified as 30-year-old Elizabeth DeHaven, was transported from the scene to the Salem Hospital where she was treated for unspecified injuries.
Joshua DeHaven was issued a citation for Failure to Reduce Speed to Avoid an Accident.