Updated Monday morning
One truck driver was hurt in a crash that claimed two men’s lives in Grundy County Friday afternoon. State Police say a compact car and four tractor trailer trucks were involved.
It started when the car hit the back of a truck trailer in the westbound lanes of Interstate 80 between Morris and Seneca. The car crossed the median and hit a truck in the eastbound lanes. That truck went into the median, rolled over, and hit a truck in the westbound lanes. Another truck going eastbound ran into some crash debris.
State Police say the driver of the truck that turned over was sent to a hospital for treatment of injuries not believed to be life threatening. Coroner John Callahan says the car driver, 33-year old Sofiane Bessai of Elgin, and passenger 26-year old Brayan Mauricio Jimenez Velasquez of the country of Colombia, died in the crash.
The Saturday morning version of this story is below
Two people lost their lives in a traffic crash in Grundy County Friday afternoon. It happened on Interstate 80 when the vehicle they were in crossed the median and went into the oncoming lanes. A semi-tractor trailer truck hit the vehicle. Coroner John Callahan says 33-year old Sofiane Bessai of Elgin was driving the vehicle that got hit. His passenger was 26-year old Brayan Mauricio Jimenez Velasquez from the country of Colombia.