Pedestrian killed, others injured following crashes on I-55 in Grundy County

A Galesburg woman who died was one of several pedestrians who were injured following a crash on Interstate 55 in Grundy County.

Destiny Dixon, 23, was identified by the Will County Coroner’s Office as the pedestrian who died on Monday. She was pronounced dead at Ascension Saint Joseph – Joliet hospital.

The events that led to Dixon’s death began with a crash about 7:30 p.m. Monday on the northbound lanes of Interstate 55, near milepost 232 in Braidwood, Grundy County, according to a statement from Illinois State Police Trooper Josh Robinson.

The crash involved a passenger vehicle and a semitrailer, Robinson said.

The passenger vehicle struck the semitrailer, which caused the former vehicle to roll over in the left lane of the roadway, Robinson said.

Robinson said there was a second crash that involved a passing vehicle and pedestrians who were assisting the passenger vehicle that had rolled over in the first crash.

“Several patients were transported to an area hospital with life-threatening injuries,” Robinson said.

Robinson said on Tuesday the crash investigation is “active and no further information is available.”