State Police say five people were injured in a four-vehicle crash on I-57 at milepost 121 five miles north of the Salem exit Wednesday afternoon.
Preliminary investigation indicates three vehicles were stopped in the northbound lanes due to road construction when a Dodge Journey driven by 52-year-old Dean Weber of Jackson, Missouri failed to reduce speed and started a chain reaction crash. Weber hit an SUV driven by a 16-year-old female juvenile from Houlton, Wisconsin. That pushed the juvenile into a pickup driven by 77-year-old Daniel Field of Jackson Missouri. Field was then pushed into a semi-driven by 42-year-old Ala Abdallah of Burbank, Illinois.
Weber was transported from the scene by medical helicopter with serious injuries. While the 16-year-old juvenile driver from Wisconsin was not hurt, three passengers in her car all from Houlton, Wisconsin were injured. 43-year-old Kristin Siskow was airlifted to a hospital with serious injuries while a 14-year-old juvenile and 46-year-old Eric Siskow were transported to an area hospital for treatment of injuries. Field was also transported to an area hospital for treatment of injuries.
Webber was ticketed for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident.
Both Salem and Kinmundy-Alma Firemen were called to the scene to assist, but no entrapment was reported.
The crash occurred at 2:20 Wednesday afternoon. Northbound I-57 was closed for about an hour and a half while the wreckage was cleared and the wreck was investigated.
