Two people were killed in a two-vehicle accident involving a wrong-way driver early Thursday morning on I-74 near Gilson.
According to Illinois State Police, Troop 4 units responded to a two vehicle fatal traffic crash at approximately 3:08 a.m. Thursday on I-74 eastbound near milepost 63, Gilson, in Knox County.
Preliminary information says Unit 1 was traveling westbound in the eastbound lanes and struck Unit 2 head-on. Both Unit 1 driver and Unit 2 driver were pronounced deceased on scene. A passenger in Unit 2 passenger was flown to a regional hospital with life-threatening injuries.
Eastbound and westbound traffic was shut down briefly to land the medivac helicopter. All lanes have now been reopened.
The crash investigation is active and no additional information is available.