ALEXANDER COUNTY, Ill. — Illinois authorities were called Wednesday to an injury accident, according to a report from KFVS television in Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Emergency crews responded to the scene after a semi truck reportedly hit a construction trailer and an IDOT worker on Route 3 in Alexander County.
According to Illinois State Police, troopers and sheriff’s deputies were called around 8:18 a.m. on Wednesday to a personal injury crash on Rte. 3, just north of Denton Road south of Thebes.
According to Alexander County Sheriff Tim Brown, a semi crashed in a construction zone where crews were working near mile-marker 17.
Illinois Department of Transportation crews near the scene told us a construction worker was hit by the semi.
According to ISP, the semi truck was going north on Route 3 when it hit a construction trailer and an IDOT construction worker.
Authorities say two people were taken to a regional hospital with injuries.
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