TONICA – Slick Roads were blamed for two separate accidents 15 minutes apart on I-39. In the first accident, a 46 year old Gibson City man lost control of his semi north of the Tonica exit, and struck the side of a tractor trailer truck driven by a 45 year old Wisconsin man. The crash occurred about 5:15 Wednesday morning, and the trucks wound up in a ditch and both drivers escaped injury. Fifteen minutes later, at the same area of the interstate, state police say a pickup was pulling a horse trailer containing 3 horses when the driver lost control and wound up in the median. The driver, a 35 year old Middleton, Wisconsin woman, and the horses, were not injured.
It took authorities until 8:30 this morning to clear the scene of the accidents.
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