{"id":10665,"date":"2026-01-16T08:47:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T14:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/?p=10665"},"modified":"2026-01-16T08:47:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T14:47:00","slug":"man-killed-in-head-on-collision-with-a-semi-truck-in-boone-county-il","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/illinois-truck-accidents\/man-killed-in-head-on-collision-with-a-semi-truck-in-boone-county-il\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Killed in Head-On Collision with a Semi Truck in Boone County, IL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BELVIDERE, IL &#8211; A 78-year-old man was killed when his vehicle collided head-on with a semi truck at a Bypass Route 20 intersection on Wednesday afternoon, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mystateline.com\/news\/fatal-head-on-semi-collision-in-boone-county-claims-life-of-78-year-old\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MyStateline reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to authorities, the accident occurred at the intersection of Bypass Route 20 and Shattuck Road around 3:34 pm.<\/p>\n<p>The semi truck was headed eastbound on Bypass Route 20 when a van crossed over the center line and the two vehicles collided head-on.<\/p>\n<p>The driver of the van, 78-year-old Richard Todd of Rockford, was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=11gTvPPE5YRJZLCx4WeQGi3P28rDkhgU&amp;ehbc=2E312F&amp;noprof=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve lost a loved one in a truck accident caused by someone else&#8217;s negligence, you don&#8217;t have to face it alone. The dedicated Illinois truck accident lawyers at Truck Accident Lawyers LLC offer compassionate support and tenacious representation as you seek justice for your loved one&#8217;s loss. <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>BELVIDERE, IL &#8211; A 78-year-old man was killed when his vehicle collided head-on with a semi truck at a Bypass Route 20 intersection on Wednesday afternoon, MyStateline reports. According to authorities, the accident occurred at the intersection of Bypass Route 20 and Shattuck Road around 3:34 pm. The semi truck was headed eastbound on Bypass [&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-10665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-illinois-truck-accidents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10665","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=10665"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10668,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10665\/revisions\/10668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}