Marengo woman killed after car crashes into semitrailer truck
A Marengo woman was killed Thursday when her car slammed into the back of a semitrailer truck on the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway near Huntley, Illinois State Police said.
Julie Turdik, 43, was pronounced dead at the scene shortly crash just east of Illinois Highway 47, State Police Master Sgt. Robert Meeder said.
Turdik’s 2005 Ford Focus did not appear to slow as the semi reduced speed in the eastbound left lane, police said.
The truck’s driver, a 43-year-old Rockford man, was not injured.
