{"id":10624,"date":"2026-01-13T09:24:44","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T15:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/?p=10624"},"modified":"2026-01-13T09:24:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T15:24:44","slug":"two-injured-one-seriously-in-collision-involving-two-semi-trucks-on-route-48-in-illinois","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/illinois-truck-accidents\/two-injured-one-seriously-in-collision-involving-two-semi-trucks-on-route-48-in-illinois\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Injured, One Seriously in Collision Involving Two Semi Trucks on Route 48 in Illinois"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CLARKSDALE, IL &#8211; Two people were injured when a pair of semi trucks collided on Route 48 near Clarksdale last Friday morning, <a href=\"https:\/\/newschannel20.com\/news\/local\/taylorville-fire-leads-two-hour-rescue-after-major-semi-truck-crash-on-route-48\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News Channel 20 reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to authorities, the accident occurred around 8:54 am. Two semi trucks carrying soybeans collided, trapping one person inside their vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>The Taylorville Fire Department arrived on scene and conducted an over two-hour extrication operation to free the victim.<\/p>\n<p>One driver was transported to a nearby hospital with unknown injuries. The other driver was airlifted to an area hospital with serious injuries.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1GwUUoewhEaAhY91SAoTalOISLprmRv0&amp;ehbc=2E312F&amp;noprof=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve suffered harm in a truck accident caused by someone else&#8217;s negligence, Truck Accident Lawyers LLC can help. Our experienced Illinois big rig accident attorneys will fight for the accountability and compensation you deserve while you focus on recovery. <a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Contact us<\/a> online or call <a href=\"tel:(888)7745836\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(888) 774-5836<\/a> today for your free consultation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CLARKSDALE, IL &#8211; Two people were injured when a pair of semi trucks collided on Route 48 near Clarksdale last Friday morning, News Channel 20 reports. According to authorities, the accident occurred around 8:54 am. Two semi trucks carrying soybeans collided, trapping one person inside their vehicle. The Taylorville Fire Department arrived on scene and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-illinois-truck-accidents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10624"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10624\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10627,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10624\/revisions\/10627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}