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One Injured When Semis Collide On I-80

MINOOKA, Ill. (STMW) - A truck driver was injured Monday evening when two semi-trailer trucks collided on Interstate 80 near Minooka.

About 6:40 p.m., a semi-truck was pulling back into traffic from the right shoulder of the eastbound lanes of Interstate 80 when it was struck by a semi-truck traveling in the right lane east of the Ridge Road exit, Illinois State Police Joliet District Master Sgt. Bill Fuentes said.

The driver of the truck traveling in the right lane suffered non-life threatening injuries and was taken to Provena Saint Joseph Medical Center in Joliet.

Eastbound lanes were closed until 8:10 p.m.

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