20-Year-Old Dies After Crashing Through Interstate Sound Barrier Wall and into Oncoming Traffic

A man was killed and another person was seriously injured in a three-car crash in Illinois, officials said.

The driver of a red Ford Fusion — later identified by the Romeoville Police Department as 20-year-old Johnathan Wenzel — crashed through a brick sound barrier off Interstate 55 in Romeoville at 4:32 a.m. local time on Thursday, Jan. 8, police said in a statement.

Wenzel, who was traveling west, came to a stop on the northbound side of the interstate. Two other vehicles were unable to avoid the stopped car and collided with it, according to officers…

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