According to Illinois State Police, a traffic crash happened yesterday 3/9/18 around 6:27 pm involving 2 vehicles on I-57 near Neoga.
Preliminary investigation details indicate Brianna Morton, 21 of Champaign, IL, was driving northbound on I-57 in Unit 1 using the left lane and while trying to change lanes struck another vehicle. Katie Reis, 23 of Naperville, IL, was driving in Unit 2 using the right lane on I-57 nothbound when struck by Unit 1 causing Unit 2 to leave the roadway into the median and hitting multiple wood crash posts and overturn to rest on it’s top in the southbound lanes of traffic. Unit 1 driver lost control when hitting Unit 2 also entering the center median and struck the ditch/median where it came to rest. Reis was transported to Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center for minor injuries and Morton was cited for improper lane usage.
