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ISP said travel on I-74 between the Mansfield area and Champaign (mile markers 160 to 180) should be вЂњfor emergency purposes only.вЂќ PLEASE stay home!вЂќ states a message on the McLean County EMA Facebook page.Д®MA acting director Cathy Beck told WGLT several portions of Interstates 55 and 74 in McLean are at a standstill because of those accidents. ISP has closed several sections of highway due to accidents and lanes being blocked. вЂњThere are multiple accidents on our interstates. WGLT A Connect Transit bus drives during a snowstorm on the Illinois State University campus on Thursday. The McLean County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) said many areas are dealing with whiteout conditions as another winter storm dumped sleet and snow across central Illinois on Thursday. Shelters were being made at the El Paso Library and the City Municipal Building.

The City of El Paso and the El Paso Police Department were working with the State Police and the Red Cross to care for those involved in the pileup. By around 6:30 p.m., all motorists had been moved to warming centers. The El Paso-Gridley school district loaned out that bus to help transport people away from the pileup site, chaperoned by a snowplow from El Paso Township. If it wasnвЂ™t for my CB radio, it would have been a disaster.вЂќ That is a very important aspect of driving.

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Hoffman added: вЂњFor all those truck drivers out there, keep your CB radios on.

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Speaking to WGLT around 6:30 p.m., Hoffman said he hoped to break free of the pileup and make it to a Pilot truck stop and call it a night. He opened up his rig to keep other stranded drivers warm. He watched as a school bus took people to a nearby warming center. I thought they were going to hit me,вЂќ he said. вЂњI watched all them guys behind me pile up. вЂњIf it wasnвЂ™t for my CB radio, I wouldвЂ™ve plowed right into them,вЂќ Hoffman told WGLT. Some northbound truckers were shouting about a pileup starting. Louis, was southbound on I-39 when he heard a commotion on his CB radio. Interstate 39 southbound will be closed for approximately 12 hours.вЂќ вЂњThe ISP continues to urge the public to use EXTREME caution and only travel if absolutely necessary. вЂњTogether, with our local partners, we are diligently working to ensure motorists are safely escorted from the area to warming centers,вЂќ State Police said just before 7 p.m. and the northbound lanes opened at 11:56 a.m. ISP issued a statement Friday indicating the southbound lanes reopened at about 1:30 p.m. That work was expected to last well into Friday. State Police called in 12 tow trucks to help clear the scene. In all, 28 vehicles sustained damage, with numerous others sliding off the road. The crash scene was several hundred yards long. on southbound I-39 just south of El Paso, authorities said. The first crashes happened around 3:15 p.m.

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State police said the driver of the Toyota, Deviana Alisha Robinson, was issued an infraction for failure to maintain a proper lane and failure to maintain a reasonable distance apart resulting in a motor vehicle accident.Illinois State Police said traffic in both directions of Interstate 39 between Normal and Minonk have reopened, close to 24 hours after a crash involving several dozen vehicles on snowy and ice roads turned into a 100-car pileup. The truck driver, as well as the Toyota driver, were transported to Bridgeport Hospital for minor injuries. The truck came to a controlled resting position upside down on Route 1. During the attempt to pass the Honda, the Toyota sideswiped the car and struck the back of the truck.Дue to the rear-end collision, state police said the truck lost control and rolled over the metal beam guard rail on the right shoulder. State police said a Honda and Toyota were behind a tractor-trailer truck in the right lane on I-95 southbound, north of Exit 39 B, when the Toyota attempted to overtake the Honda using the right shoulder lane. (WTNH) - A tractor-trailer drove off an overpass and ended up on Route 1 in Milford Wednesday afternoon.ДЄround 3:30 p.m., firefighters responded to the Boston Post Road in the area of Exit 39 for a tractor-trailer that was overturned.