The Whiteside County Sheriff’s Office reports that about 6:15 Monday morning, July 21, Deputies responded to a four-vehicle crash on Illinois Route 84 near the intersection of Lock Road in Rural Fulton.
The Sheriff’s Crash Reconstruction Unit said that a Freightliner bucket truck owned by Mid-American Energy crossed the centerline on Route 84 and struck two oncoming vehicles. One was a Kia sedan and the other being a Buick Crossover. A Dodge, traveling southbound, struck the engine of the Kia, which had become detached during the initial collision.
The driver of the Kia sedan was airlifted from the scene with non-life threatening injuries. The driver of the Buick was transported by ambulance with non-life threatening injuries. The driver of the Dodge was reported to be uninjured.
The driver of the bucket truck, 27-year-old Nathan Brown of Elizabeth was cited for improper lane usage. The crash remains under investigation.
Sheriff John Booker said their Crash Reconstruction Unit would continue to determine exactly what happened with this accident.
