El Paso truck driver seriously injured after accident on I-74

Posted on August 17, 2020
ISP
The accident happened around 5:35 a.m. Monday on I-74 near Galesburg.(Facebook/Illinois State Police)

 

By Neil Doyle

GALESBURG – A semi truck driver from El Paso suffered life-threatening injuries after an accident Monday morning on Interstate 74, according to Illinois State Police.

ISP said James J. Pfab, 84, was transported to the hospital after the accident happened around 5:35 a.m. on I-74 near Galesburg. A preliminary investigation indicates the truck, a 2016 Kenworth. was travelling eastbound and for unknown reasons, veered off the roadway, traveled through the center median and overturned.

At approximately 5:52 a.m., all eastbound and westbound lanes of I-74 in the area were shut down for the investigation. All eastbound traffic was diverted to U.S. Highway 34. At approximately 7:57 a.m., all westbound lanes were reopened. At approximately 12:34 p.m., all eastbound lanes were reopened.

No other information was released.

Neil Doyle can be reached at [email protected]

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