On Thursday evening, July 9th, the Illinois State Patrol released details of a collision on Interstate 172 in the Adams County area of Illinois. The accident reports showed that the events that led to the crash began with a female motorist identified as Laura Tenhouse, a 36-year-old resident of Camp Point.
The ISP said that the woman traveling south of the interstate near milepost 16 on the right lane. At the same time, Adams County Sheriff’s Deputy Javier Lofton, 29, was performing a traffic stop on Kevin South, 23, of Burlington, Iowa. The officer parked his vehicle behind the man’s car, and his emergency lights were activated.
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Suddenly, Tenhouse left her lane of travel into the right shoulder of the roadway, causing her to rear-end Lofton’s patrol vehicle. The impact caused the deputy’s car to crash into that of South from behind, and it also struck the lawman who was standing on the roadway.
The ISP did not report injuries, but they cited the female driver for failure to yield to a stationary emergency vehicle, failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident, and failure to wear a seatbelt. She would need a top accident lawyer’s service. There is no additional information.
A common cause of motor vehicle crashes is drivers veering off their lane of travel or traveling the wrong way. The two are traffic offenses, and motorists can avoid adverse legal consequences by maintaining their travel lane at all times.
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