I-57 ACCIDENT

4/25/25

State Police arrested a 19-year-old Edgewood man after he allegedly caused two wrong way crashes on Interstate 57 south of Salem Tuesday morning.

Jordan Lange was ticketed for driving under the influence, unlawful consumption of alcohol by a minor, operation of an uninsured motor vehicle, driving the wrong way, failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident, and leaving the scene of a property damage accident.

Preliminary information indicates Lange was traveling north when he crossed the median near mile post 107 and struck a southbound car driven by a 19-year-old female from Mt. Vernon.  He then continued north in the southbound lanes and initiated a second crash at mile marker 109.  In the second crash, a car driven by a 20-year-old man from Kinmundy was driving in the left lane as a semi was driving in the right lane.  The Kinmundy man began moving to the right lane to avoid being hit by Lange and in the process sideswiped the semi driven by a 55-year-old female from Champaign.  The Kinmundy man then lost control with his vehicle coming to a stop in the ditch.  Lange did not make contact with either vehicle and continued driving north in the southbound lanes before he ran off the roadway and became disabled near mile post 113.

The only injury was reported to Lange.  He was taken to a local hospital for treatment.  The accident was reported just after 6:30 Tuesday morning.