A car accident report from the Macon County area of Illinois revealed that a man died in a rear-end collision on Interstate 72 on Wednesday, August 5th. Eric Ervin, 32, of Decatur, drove the smaller vehicle involved in the crash.
According to the Illinois State Police, the incident involved the victim’s car and two semi-trucks. At about 9:14 p.m., Ervin’s vehicle stopped on the interstate near milepost 50 due to a broken down white 2016 Volvo semi-truck belonging to Andrii Shvabskyi, 27, of Macomb.
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At the same time, a white 2018 International semi-truck operated by Shawn Morrison, 42, of Springfield, was coming behind the victim’s car, and the bigger vehicle rear-ended it. The impact caused the victim to crash against the parked semi-truck, fatally injuring Ervin. Medics pronounced him dead at the scene.
Shvabskyi and Morrison sustained unspecified degrees of injuries and received treatment at a local hospital. The collision led to the closure of the affected roadway, and the ISP said it took about nine hours for crews to clean up the road. The second semi-driver received citations for failure to yield to a stopped car (Scott’s Law) and failure to reduce speed to prevent an accident.
A rear-end collision happens when a car strikes another from behind, and it is one of the common causes of crash-related deaths. Other types of accidents that also result in a fatality include head-on collision, broad-side collision, and a single-vehicle crash.
All types of accidents share similar factors, and they cover but are not limited to speeding, driving under the influence of drugs or (and) alcohol, running red lights, and wrong-way driving. Crashes are avoidable if drivers desist from the preceding and prioritize safety.
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