A woman from Hinsboro lost her life on Tuesday, July 14th, in a traffic collision on Illinois Route 133 in the Douglas County area of Illinois. The state police revealed the victim’s name as Cindy Simpson, 63.
In the accident report, the ISP stated that the crash happened in the early hours of the morning, a little after 1 a.m. Simpson was leaving a parking lot into IR-133, where the road intersected with Third Street when a car struck the passenger side of her eastbound vehicle.
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The woman suffered fatal wounds from the crash, and the driver of the second car, 37-year-old Joseph Graham of Brocton, sustained significant injuries. The medics took the man to the hospital for treatment, and there’s no update on his condition.
The police closed the interstate for about five hours after the crash while they conducted a preliminary investigation and cleared the scene. There is no additional information.
Traffic accidents happen when drivers least expect it, and they occur either due to human-made errors or contributing influences. Failure to yield is one of the factors that lead to collisions, and under Illinois law, drivers should yield the right of way to a car coming out of a parking lot.
Also, a person leaving a parking lot should back out slowly, and look carefully before rejoining traffic. At an intersection, the driver on the right should yield to the one on the left if the person is about to make a turn, and drivers trying to go through an intersection should yield to a vehicle coming from the opposite direction.
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