Fatal on I-55 Causes Traffic Nightmare
July 26, 2019 7:48AM CDT
Wilmington Police were busy Thursday night into the early hours of Friday morning following a fatal chain reaction crash on I-55 Thursday afternoon.
The Illinois State Police closed I-55 following the crash to conduct a death investigation. Traffic was rerouted down Rt 129 in Wilmington to Rt 53 to the north.
Thousands of cars made their way through downtown Wilmington over about a 9 hour period; stretching the Wilmington police thin.
Take a listen to Wilmington Police Chief Phillip Arnold explain the traffic nightmare here.
The ISP also assisted Wilmington because the traffic was so bad other detour route were opened up in Coal City and Rt 47. Northbound I-55 was reopened in the early morning hours of Friday.
