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MASON/WATSON, Ill. (WAND) - Illinois State Police responded to seven crashes along Interstate 57 in Effingham County Thursday night. 

ISP told WAND News the crashes happened between 3:15 p.m. and 5:20 p.m. around mileposts 151 and 152 on I-57 near Mason and Watson. 

Only one of the crashes had injuries, but the number of people involved and their condition is unclear. 

Two crashes involved semis, yet no one was injured in either.

No other information is available. 

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