7am News, Sports and Obits
Latest WGIL news
Click to play or
Right click and "Save Target As" to download
Click for Galesburg, Illinois Forecast
Home - Cancellations - Community Events - Contact Us - Mornings - News - Obituaries - Pictures - Programs - Special Events Audio - Sports - Weather
Multiple Motor Accidents Follow Big Bang Boom
There's a reason why several hundred vehicles were stalled outside the area's largest fireworks display for over an hour Wednesday night.

Multiple motor vehicles were involved in two, possible three Galesburg Police say, separate accidents along North Lake Story Road and the surrounding areas following Big Bang Boom 2012. No accident reports were immediately available, but police do confirm one crash involved a motorcycle.

WGIL was on the scene for a four-car collision less than a mile east of Wednesday night's parking. Three vehicles, including a sports utility vehicle, were stranded along the eastbound lane-- with the third and final car's rear end almost entirely smashed in.

A pick-up truck was angled in the eastward direction also, but several feet ahead of the the trio of damaged vehicles-- and halfway in the westbound ditch. On-lookers on the scene admitted they feared the worst because the trailing vehicle had sustained such major damage. Several fire-trucks and ambulances were present.

A second motor accident involving multiple cars was reported further west from the parking lot on North Lake Story Road. Motorists waiting in traffic were eventually detoured in this direction to head home.

As more details become available, we will pass them along.
07 05 12 by Newsroom
News management powered by Xpression News

Click here for the WGIL News Archive

Click here for national news

The following provision applies to all visitors (which shall include persons and representatives of legal entities, whether such representatives are persons or digital engines of a kind that crawls, indexes, scrapes, copies, stores or transmits digital content). By accessing this Web site or digital service, you specifically acknowledge and agree that: (i) Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium; (ii) No Associated Press materials nor any portion thereof may be stored in a computer except for personal and non-commercial use; (iii) The Associated Press will not be held liable for any delays, inaccuracies, errors or omissions therefrom or in the transmission or delivery of all or any part thereof or for any damages arising from any of the foregoing; (iv) The Associated Press is an intended third party beneficiary of these terms and conditions and it may exercise all rights and remedies available to it; and (v) The Associated Press reserves the right to audit possible unauthorized commercial use of AP materials or any portion thereof at any time.