Illinois Woman Killed in Crash While in Car With 4-Year-Old Child

A woman was killed in a Rockford, Illinois, crash while sitting in her disabled vehicle on Jan. 11, ABC 7 Chicago reported. A FedEx truck slammed into the woman’s car at about 1:20 a.m. on Interstate 90. The woman’s 4-year-old child, who was also in the car at the time, was taken to the hospital with injuries that are not said to be life-threatening, according to the Illinois State Police. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene.

There were 948 fatal motor vehicle accidents in Illinois in 2018, the most recent year for which data is available. Although the number of deadly automobile crashes has been decreasing in recent years, the number of lethal crashes involving semi trucks has been increasing.

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