Dust Storm Pileup Claims Another Victim
(Springfield, IL) — An eighth person has died from their injuries suffered earlier this month in a massive car crash when a windstorm kicked up clo...
(Springfield, IL) — An eighth person has died from their injuries suffered earlier this month in a massive car crash when a windstorm kicked up clouds of dust downstate on Interstate 55. Ruth Rau, 81, of downstate Sorento, died Tuesday night at a hospital, Illinois State Police said. The accident happened shortly before 11 a.m. May 1 near the town of Divernon, about 16 miles south of Springfield. Excessive winds blew dirt from farm fields across the highway, causing zero visibility of the roadway, police said.