SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) - A semi-truck crash in Springfield caused an hours-long road closure on I-55 South Wednesday morning. Illinois State Police Troop 6 said at approximately 5:49 a.m., units ... Read More

A jury delivered a verdict last month against R+L Carriers following a fatal November 2020 crash on Interstate 55 in Illinois. The incident occurred around 5:20 a.m. in Pitman Township, south of ... Read More

Ob July 28 at approximately 10:23 a.m., Illinois State Police (ISP) responded to a call about a crash located at I-72 eastbound at I-55 northbound (milepost ... Read More

Police say a Springfield man tossed firearms, ammunition and cash from his pickup after a crash with a semitruck on Interstate 55 near Towanda. Read More

Several lanes are closed after a crash on I-55 Thursday evening. According to Illinois State Police, troopers responded to a crash on I-55 southbound just before 5 p.m. near Stevenson Drive in ... Read More

A teenage boy from Springfield died in single vehicle car crash in McLean, Illinois on May 25. Luke W. Peterson, 13, died around 1:15 a.m. at Carle Bromenn Medical Center, according to a news release ... Read More

A 13-year-old boy from Springfield, Luke W. Peterson, died as a result of a SUV crash in rural McLean County on Sunday night, while another person was injured and taken to a hospital. Read More

One person was killed and another was taken to the hospital after a single-vehicle wreck in McLean County on Sunday night. Read More

One person was killed and another was taken to the hospital after a single-vehicle wreck in McLean County on Sunday night. Read More

Unfunded Illinois road projects, like I-55 near Springfield, are causing fatal crashes and costing drivers millions annually, this writer says. Read More

An ISP squad car was hit on I-55 Tuesday - the ninth "Move Over Law" crash this year. Read More

The FBI is investigating an April 3 explosion on Interstate 55 near Hamel. Jake Griffin, an FBI special agent for public affairs at the FBI's Springfield office, said no one was injured in the event. Read More

Two women killed, one injured in a wrong-way crash on I-55 near Springfield. Investigators say a northbound vehicle entered southbound lanes. Read More

Two people died after an accident in the southbound lanes of Interstate-55 early Monday. Illinois State Police said the crash at about 1 a.m. occurred at milepost 87.5 south near Lake Springfield and ... Read More

SPRINGFIELD - Two people were killed in a two-car crash in Springfield on March 9. The crash happened on I-55 southbound at milepost 87.5 near East Lake Shore Drive around 1 a.m., according to ... Read More

A project to remove an unused railroad bridge over Interstate 55 in Springfield is set to begin Feb. 16. The bridge, at milepost 94 between the Stevenson Drive and Sixth Street interchanges, is owned ... Read More

Interstate 55 is back open in Sangamon County, after Illinois State Police said an '?investigation'? temporarily shut it down. Shortly before noon, State Police announced that the Sangamon Avenue ramp ... Read More

State Police said they were made aware that East Peoria Police were chasing a wanted subject. The pursuit began on Interstate 155 and ended around milemarker 98 in the southbound lanes of I-55. As of ... Read More

Illinois State Police responded to a multi-vehicle, fatal crash in Springfield Saturday morning, and the interstate is set to be closed for several hours. At approximately 10:38 a.m., State Police ... Read More

Video from Springfield, Illinois today shows a multi-truck pileup along Interstate 55 as a powerful cross-country snowstorm drops heavy snow across the Midwest before charging into the Northeast ... Read More

A Springfield woman has died in a traffic crash on I-55 southbound near exit 88.ISP responded to the crash at approximately 12:03 p.m.The Sangamon County Coron ... Read More

The Illinois General Assembly has appropriated $14 million to the Illinois EPA for the current fiscal year (FY26), which ends on June 30, 2026. Actual funding amounts will be determined by the amount ... Read More

Illinois State Police Troop 6 responded to a two-vehicle crash on I-55 southbound at milepost 93 in Springfield, Sangamon County, on Thursday at approximately 1 ... Read More

An arrest has been made in the March death of a woman found on the side of Interstate 55 in Springfield. Robert Lee Jr., 57, of Springfield has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder ... Read More

In March 2024, an Illinois Department of Transportation worker discovered the body of 54-year-old Teresa Coleman along the side of a ramp off Interstate 55 in Springfield, state police and the ... Read More

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) - One person was sent to the hospital after a semi truck overturned Friday morning. It happened around 11:30 a.m. on the Interstate 72 westbound ramp to Interstate 55 ... Read More

Part of I-55 in Sangamon County is closed for a crash investigation. Troopers with the Illinois State Police responded to I-55 Southbound, near milepost 99 in Springfield at 2 p.m. on Sunday. After ... Read More

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) - One lane is closed on I-55 near Springfield as emergency responders are on the scene of a crash. The right lane of I-55 southbound has been closed near Milepost 99. Illinois ... Read More

UPDATE: The lane has been reopened. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) - One lane is closed on I-55 near Springfield as emergency responders are on the scene of a crash. The right lane of I-55 southbound ... Read More

Springfield, IL (April 30, 2025) - A crash involving injuries was reported Wednesday on the northbound side of I-55 near the exit ramp to SEB Tudor Ave, leading to a full closure of the affected lanes ... Read More

(WAND) - Two years after a dust storm led to a deadly pileup on Interstate 55 south of Springfield, researchers from the University of Illinois are sharing updates from their ongoing analysis of ... Read More

Documents indicate that a police officer overheard the suspect saying that he had intentionally driven the wrong way on Interstate 55. Read More

The Illinois Department of Transportation announced today that a $29.5 million project to expand the Interstate 55 bridges over the Sangamon River north of Springfield is starting this week. Made ... Read More

The Illinois State Police said the roadway reopened around 5:30 p.m. State Police had no other information to share at this time. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) - An interchange between Interstate 55 and ... Read More

Illinois State Police are currently on the scene of the crash. Traffic is being diverted at exit 98, and lane closures are expected to last for several hours. Police said the driver of the semi ... Read More

Instead her parents were awoken by an Illinois State Trooper at their ... driving north in the southbound lanes on Interstate 55 in Springfield when his pickup truck slammed into Wegner's car ... Read More

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports that a man was seriously injured in a crash involving a semi-truck Friday evening.It happened on July 5 around 7:45 p.m. in Ste. Genevieve County in the ... Read More

Sangamon County Coroner Jim Allmon identified the motorcyclist as Manfred Schmidt. Schmidt was pronounced dead at Springfield Memorial Hospital's emergency room following the crash. The autopsy report ... Read More

Two California men were arrested and charged with intent to distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine after a traffic stop on I-55 close to Springfield. On August 15, 2023, an Illinois State Police ... Read More

In May of 2023 a dust storm south of Springfield, Illinois resulted in a multi-vehicle pile-up with multiple deaths on Interstate 55. Emergency personnel from multiple districts were called to manage ... Read More

It happened at the corner of Route 122 and Springfield Road near Delavan. The Sheriff's Office says two vehicles were involved, and both were driving towards each other on Springfield Road. The one ... Read More

The SJ-R reported traffic on Interstate 55 between St. Louis and Chicago remained heavy well into the evening, including in the Springfield area, on the day of the 2017 eclipse. Major backups also ... Read More

ISP says the driver of the Buick was Billie Snively of Belleville, 55, who was uninjured and charged with Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol, Improper Lane Usage, Failure to Reduce Speed to Avoid ... Read More

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WICS) - Illinois State Police and other emergency units are making their way to a crash on I-55 near Toronto road. Read More

One person was taken to the hospital after a semi-truck crash on Interstate northbound near Toronto Rd. in Springfield. Two lanes of I-55 near north were shut down but have since reopened. Read More

Springfield, IL (October 18, 2023) - Wednesday, October 18, 2023, saw a disruptive single-vehicle accident on Interstate 55 southbound at milepost 93 in Sangamon County. Following the incident, ... Read More

I-55 is shut down between Litchfield and Divernon, south of Springfield, Illinois. The Divernon City Hall being used as reunification center for families of people involved in the crash. Read More

Illinois State Police said two people died in a three-vehicle crash after a semi-trailer traveling north on Interstate 55 crossed the median and wound up in the wrong direction in the southbound ... Read More

Illinois State Police sharpshooters and crisis negotiators are in a standoff with Floyd E. Brown, 39, of Springfield, on Interstate Highway 55 near Lincoln on March 7, 2019. Antonio Perez / Chicago ... Read More