By Nick McClintock and Eric Stock

PONTIAC – As several storms produced tornadoes Wednesday night in Northern Illinois, a late night string of storms produced a tornado which struck Pontiac.

The National Weather Service has confirmed a tornado touched down in Pontiac at 10:15 p.m.

WMBD reports four people were injured, but nothing that’s considered life threatening.

“From what I’m told, we’ve had two people taken to the hospital from the trailer that overturned, nothing life-threatening,”  Pontiac Police Chief Jim Woolford told CIProud.com. “The semi driver from here at the Shell…may have had some shoulder injury and I’m told a pedestrian got hit by some flying things.”

Linda Guzman said she watched out of her window as a tornado picked up a nearby home in her trailer park.

“Our whole trailer shook,” Guzman said. “It was really scary, It was like 20 trains were coming through my house.”

Pontiac resident Steve Starr witnessed much of the damage.

“There was a semi that had blown over,” Starr said. “It was a tanker and (we were) very concerned as to whether it had fuel in it. Apparently it was empty thank goodness.”

Livingston County emergency manager Chuck Schopp said two people had become trapped inside their mobile home during the storm but they were able to escape. No injuries were reported. There was also significant damage at the Walmart in Pontiac. WMBD reports shoppers were able to take cover, but had to immediately evacuate after the storm passed due to a gas leak.

Security personnel at Walmart said no one at that location was hurt, but they’re keeping the parking lot shut down for the time being.

According to reports, the southern portion of town received the most damage. Several widespread power outages were also reported.

The storm also sparked confirmed tornadoes near Piper City, and Chatsworth, however no damage has been reported with those storms.