EFFINGHAM, Ill. (WAND) — The Illinois State Police (ISP) is teaming up with the Effingham County Sheriff’s Office to build upon its increased traffic enforcement efforts along the I-70 corridor due to an increase in crashes.
ISP and the Effingham County Sheriff's Office will work together to increase enforcement details targeting targeting distracted driving, speeding, and other reckless driving behaviors.
These details will be focused in and around constructions areas on I-70, as well as roads drivers are using for detours. ISP will use both marked and unmarked vehicles, along with other strategies, to enforce traffic violations and reduce crashes.
The deadly tanker crash that occurred in Teutopolis last week took place on U.S. 40, which is one of the detours that has been used for I-70.
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At the end of July, ISP worked with the Illinois Department of Transportation to conduct two details that resulted in commercial motor vehicle inspections and various warnings and citations issued.
Later this month, ISP has scheduled another detail leveraging statewide patrol special operations groups to increase traffic safety in the area.
Each year in Illinois, hundreds of people die as the result of traffic related incidents. Hundreds more are seriously injured or permanently disabled, and millions of dollars of property damage occur. Avoid becoming a statistic by buckling up, don’t drive while drunk or impaired, don’t speed, and don’t drive while distracted.Â
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