JOLIET, Ill. (WGN) – A man died in a crash involving a tractor trailer Friday afternoon in Joliet.
The Joliet Police Department said the crash happened just before 1 p.m. near the intersection of South Chicago Street (Route 53) and Schweitzer Road.
According to police, a Kenworth tractor trailer being driven by a 54-year-old man from Georgia was leaving a business in the 3400 block of South Chicago Street and facing eastbound.
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Investigators believe the tractor trailer then initiated a left turn toward northbound South Chicago Street and hit a Chevrolet Sonic being driven by a 28-year-old Joliet man and traveling southbound on South Chicago Street. The crash caused the driver of the Chevrolet to be ejected from his vehicle…