The Peoria County coroner has identified the woman killed in a weather-related wreck on Interstate 74 on Thursday.
Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood said Amanda Matuszyk was driving to work at the time of the accident. The 42-year-old Galesburg woman was a patient care technician at OSF HealthCare Saint Francis Medical Center, the coroner said.
According to the Illinois State Police, Matuszyk was driving east on I-74 when she made a lane change from the left lane into the right lane near Schlink Road. Matuszyk lost control of the car, the state police said, and veered off the roadway on the right side of the pavement, then back onto the highway, where she was struck by a semi.
The coroner said the semi had been attempting to reduce speed but was unable to avoid striking the car. Matuszyk was unresponsive and not breathing on the arrival of EMS. She was transported to OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria and was pronounced dead at 7:43 a.m.
Matuszyk suffered multiple blunt-force trauma injuries and likely died instantly. Per Illinois State Statute, toxicology is pending.
