Pair of accidents keeping police and paramedics busy Thursday

A couple of accidents have had police and paramedics busy Thursday.  State Police Troopers and firefighters from Peru were called to a car that went off the road and hit the median under the Interstate 80 Plank Road overpass.  It happened just after 12pm.  The two people were in the car were conscious when crews arrived.

The second crash was late Thursday morning north of Tonica.  At least one person was taken to Illinois Valley Community Hospital. The accident involving a car and a delivery truck happened at Route 251 and Ed Lambert Road.  The crash has since been cleared, but police haven’t yet said who was involved.