Crime & Safety
1 Dead, 3 Hurt in I-55 Crash: Police
Walter Martineck, 47, of Romeoville, was killed when his delivery truck slammed into the back of a semi.
Written by Shannon Antinori
A Romeoville man died Wednesday afternoon when the delivery truck he was driving struck the back of a semi-trailer on I-55 just south of the Weber Road exit near Bolingbrook.
Walter J. Martineck, 47, was pronounced dead at 3:41 p.m., according to the Will County Coroner's office.
Illinois State Police said the crash occurred when Martineck's box truck rear-ended a semi-trailer, sending the semi into a passenger vehicle.
Three other people — one person from the passenger car and two from the semi — were taken to area hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
Illinois State Police are investigating the crash.
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