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One Dead in Morning I-74 Crash

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One person is dead after a weather-related crash near Morton Wednesday morning. 

The Illinois State Police said the driver of a Chevy van headed west on I-74 lost control due to icy conditions and veered into eastbound traffic. The van collided head-on with a truck-tractor semi trailer.

The driver of the van was pronounced dead at the scene. Two passengers and the truck-tractor's driver were all taken to the hospital with non life-threatening injuries.

Tazewell County Coroner Charles Hanley is withholding the name of the deceased driver pending family notification.

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Tim Shelley is the News Director at WCBU Peoria Public Radio.