Illinois State Police are teaming up with the Effingham County Sheriff’s Office to build upon its increased traffic enforcement efforts along the I-70 corridor due to an increase in crashes. One of those crashes on Friday, September 29th, resulted in traffic being rerouted onto US 40 in Teutopolis where a truck carrying anhydrous ammonia crashed and five people died and multiple others required hospital treatment.
ISP and the Effingham County Sheriff’s Office will work together to conduct enforcement details targeting distracted driving, speeding, and other reckless driving behaviors. The details will be focused in and around construction areas on I-70, as well as roads drivers are using for detours. ISP will use both marked and unmarked vehicles, along with other strategies to enforce traffic violations and reduce crashes.
Later this month, ISP has scheduled another detail leveraging statewide patrol special operations groups to increase traffic safety in the area.
