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5-vehicle crash shuts down Illinois Route 34 in Oswego for 4 1/2 hours · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Five vehicle crash shuts down Illinois Route thirty four in
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  Speaker 1: Oswego for four and a half hours. Written by Joey Weslow,
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  Speaker 1: This article is being read by an automated voice brought
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  Speaker 1: to you by Everlett. Illinois Route thirty four was shut
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  Speaker 1: down for around four and a half hours Tuesday in
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  Speaker 1: the aftermath of a five vehicle crash near the intersection
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  Speaker 1: with Orchard Road in Oswego. Authority said a driver has
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  Speaker 1: been sighted, with two people transported to the hospital. Oswego
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  Speaker 1: Police say Route thirty four was shut down in both directions.
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  Speaker 1: The police initially responded to the crash at eleven twenty
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  Speaker 1: one am. The shutdown backed up traffic across the Kendall
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  Speaker 1: County area. Two people were transported to the hospital with
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  Speaker 1: injuries that are not life threatening, according to a police release.
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  Speaker 1: The police said a preliminary investigation determined that a Chicago
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  Speaker 1: man may have suffered from a medical issue me while
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  Speaker 1: driving before losing control of his Chrysler PACIFICA traveling northbound
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  Speaker 1: on Orchard Road near the intersection. The man's vehicle traveled
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  Speaker 1: into the grass and across Route thirty four just east
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  Speaker 1: of the intersection, colliding with a semi truck traveling westbound
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  Speaker 1: on Route thirty four. According to the police, the impact
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  Speaker 1: caused a semi truck to strike two other vehicles also
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  Speaker 1: traveling westbound on Route thirty four. A vehicle traveling eastbound
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  Speaker 1: on Route thirty four also struck the Chicago's man vehicle
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  Speaker 1: right after his vehicle struck the seami truck. The Chicago
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  Speaker 1: man and a passenger in the semi truck were transported
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  Speaker 1: to the hospital, even though police say they determined he
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  Speaker 1: may have suffered from a medical issue. He has been
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  Speaker 1: sighted with improper lane usage, failure to reduce speed to
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  Speaker 1: avoid an accident, and disobeying a traffic control device. Police
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  Speaker 1: said