Jestin M. Covington, 31, and his five children were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries following a 2-vehicle crash. The children were between the ages of one and ten. The crash occurred around 3 AM on Thursday, July 5th on Interstate 74 between Prospect Avenue and the Interstate 57 interchange. Covington was driving a… Read More

Lorin A. Schluter, 59, of Armstrong was killed on Saturday, July 7th after a 2-vehicle crash. The crash took place at the intersection of 2500 N and 2500 E near Flatville in eastern Champaign County. Authorities reported that Schluter was traveling west in a Pontiac Grand Prix when he ran a stop sign at the… Read More

On Thursday, June 21, three major car crashes occurred in Champaign county within 45 minutes of each other. The first occurred on Interstate 57 between Pesotum and Tuscola around 3:45 pm. The crash blocked both northbound lanes and slowed traffic for miles. Both a boat trailer and truck tractors were towed from the scene. The… Read More

A 58-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the scene of a two-vehicle crash earlier this month. The accident occurred at 6:55 p.m. at the intersection of county roads 3200 N and 1100 E. The Gibson City woman and the other driver, a 55-year-old man from Dewey, entered an intersection in rural Champaign county at the… Read More

Authorities are on the scene of two collisions on I-57 between Champaign and Paxton today. Early reports indicate that one of the accidents resulted in a fatality. The first collision reportedly occurred at 11:00 p.m. last night in the southbound lanes of the highway just north of the Rantoul exit. Few details are available at… Read More

An accident this morning on U.S. 45 claimed the life of a Ludlow man and sent two others to a local hospital. Authorities believe that the two-vehicle collision occurred at 6:16 a.m. and was nearly a head-on crash. The names of the individuals involved have not been released at this time, nor have any updates… Read More

A four-vehicle accident on Interstate 74 east of Urbana sent two people to the hospital. The crash, as previously reported here, occurred at 8:55 a.m. and involved two semi-trailer trucks, a box truck, and a 2011 Ford F-150. According to the authorities, the box truck hit the F-150 from behind while traffic was stopped due to… Read More

UPDATE: Truck driver from Arkansas cited for DUI after 5 vehicle crash State troopers arrested and charged a 41-year old man from Arkansas with two counts of aggravated driving under the influence following a five-car crash on I-57 on Tuesday afternoon. Authorities say he was driving northbound on the highway in his semi-trailer truck when he… Read More

Emergency crews are reportedly on the scene of a three-vehicle accident on southbound I-57 between the Olympian Drive exit and the I-74 exit. Three vehicles and a tractor-trailer were involved, according to initial reports. Follow this developing story on The News-Gazette, or check back here for updates.

Authorities have announced that the 77-year-old Champaign woman who was injured in a collision on U.S. 45 at I-57 last week has died from her injuries. The woman was transported to Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana with a broken neck and two broken arms after her car was hit by a vehicle driven by an… Read More