HARLEM TOWNSHIP, Ill. (WIFR) – Two people are dead and two others seriously injured after a multi-vehicle crash Thursday evening. Just before 6 p.m. Illinois State Police responded to a traffic accident on IL-26 south of Scioto Mills Road just north of Freeport. District 16 Troopers responded to a three-unit crash involving a semi-truck. Officials say one car was traveling southbound when trying to pass several vehicles, but did not have enough room to make the complete pass, rear ending another vehicle. Police report that contact pushed the car into the oncoming traffic before being struck by a semi head on.
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