An accident in Bolingbrook on the evening of Tuesday, March 10, occurred on Interstate 55. A driver of a vehicle collided with another vehicle at the 269-mile marker of Interstate 55. The Illinois State Police are currently still working out the details of this accident.
The injured driver was 57-year-old Jaime Herrera of Franklin Park. After the accident, emergency services took him to AMITA Health Adventist Medical Center in Bolingbrook for treatment of the injuries sustained in the accident.
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The Will County Coroner’s Office released a statement saying that after arriving at the hospital, Herrera was pronounced dead at 7:55 p.m.
Based on the news release, it is not clear if Herrera was wearing a seatbelt at the time of the accident. The police are perplexed as to the cause of the accident at this time.
There was no mention of the other driver in the statement. It is not clear if they sustained injuries in the accident with Herrera.
On Wednesday, an autopsy was performed. Based on their preliminary findings, more tests and studies need to be done. They were not able to determine the exact cause or manner in which Herrera died.
There is no mention that the Illinois State Police suspect that Herrera was under the influence of drugs or alcohol during the incident.
Traffic in the area of the accident had to be rerouted while investigators tried to piece together the scene.