PEORIA, Ill. — Illinois State Police are offering more information about a traffic rash that slowed drivers on Interstate 74 for hours this week.
Illinois State Police say a 48-year-old woman driving eastbound in I-74 near Exit 82 outside Peoria Tuesday afternoon inexplicably lost control of her vehicle, veering off the right shoulder of the interstate and hitting a tree.
Three people were hurt, all three from the Louisville, Kentucky area.
The driver is identified as Rebecca J. Joe.
She and a male passenger were both transported by ground ambulance to a nearby hospital.
A 20-year-old female passenger was flown from the scene by helicopter with life-threatening injuries.
ISP says the crash is still under investigation.
No other details have been released.
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