Hiram Grau - Director
Date: 09/07/11
Time: 6:01 pm
Location: Belt Line Rd @ Keebler Ave (Collinsville)
County: Madison
Crash Number: 11-11-02398
Unit 1
Vehicle Description: 2009 Pontiac G6
Driver Name: Bruce A Steele
Gender: Male
Age: 51
City/State of Residence : Troy Illinois
Seatbelt use: Yes
Injuries: None
Passenger 1
Unit #: 1
Name: Scott L. Debourge
Gender: Male
Age: 45
City/State of Residence: St. Jacob, IL
Seatbelt use: Yes
Injuries: None
Passenger 2
Unit #: 1
Name: Judy L. Steele
Gender: Female
Age: 48
City/State of Residence: Troy, IL
Seatbelt use: Yes
Injuries: None
Unit 2
Vehicle Description: 2007 Ford Crown Victoria
Driver Name: Michael G. Brown
Gender: Male
Age: 41
City/State of Residence : Collinsville, Illinois
Seatbelt use: Yes
Injuries: Minor
Hospital: Anderson Hospital-Maryville (by Med Star Ambulance)
Unit 3
Vehicle Description: 2004 Chevrolet Pickup Truck
Driver Name: Brandon T. Reeder
Gender: Male
Age: 36
City/State of Residence : Collinsville, Illinois
Seatbelt use: Yes
Injuries: None
Unit 4
Vehicle Description: 2004 Buick Rendezvous
Driver Name: Kelli Wilson
Gender: Female
Age: 27
City/State of Residence : Madison, Illinois
Seatbelt use: Yes
Injuries: None
Narrative:
UNIT 1 WAS ATTEMPTING TO TURN RIGHT (NORTH) ONTO KEEBLER ROAD FROM BELT
LINE (WEST).
UNIT 2, A FULLY MARKED SQUAD CAR WITH THE EMERGENCY LIGHTS AND SIREN
ACTIVATED, WAS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON KEEBLER ROAD AT THE INTERSECTION OF
KEEBLER ROAD AND BELT LINE. DRIVER OF UNIT 2 WAS RESPONDING TO A POSSIBLE
SUICIDE SUBJECT ARMED WITH A GUN CALL.
UNIT 3 WAS STOPPED ON KEEBLER ROAD SOUTHBOUND AT THE INTERSECTION OF
KEEBLER ROAD AND BELT LINE. UNIT 3 WAS PULLING A TRAILER. UNIT 4 WAS
STOPPED DIRECTLY BEHIND UNIT 3.
DRIVER OF UNIT 3 AND FOUR WITNESSES STATED THE DRIVER OF UNIT 2 (SQUAD CAR)
HAD HIS EMERGENCY LIGHTS AND SIREN ACTIVATED. THEY STATED UNIT 2 STOPPED
AT THE INTERSECTION, APPEARED TO MAKE SURE THE INTERSECTION WAS CLEAR OF
ALL OTHER VEHICLES, AND ENTERED INTO THE INTERSECTION OF KEEBLER ROAD AND
BELT LINE.
AS UNIT 2 ENTERED THE INTERSECTION, UNIT 1 ATTEMPTED TO TURN RIGHT (NORTH)
ONTO KEEBLER FROM BELT LINE (WEST). UPON ATTEMPTING TO TURN RIGHT, THE
FRONT END OF UNIT 1 STRUCK THE PASSENGER'S SIDE OF UNIT 2. THIS CAUSED
UNIT 2 TO GET PUSHED INTO UNIT 3 CAUSING THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF UNIT 2 TO
STRIKE THE FRONT END OF UNIT 3. UNIT 3 WAS THEN PUSHED BACKWARDS (NORTH)
CAUSING THE TRAILER UNIT 3 WAS PULLING TO STRIKE UNIT 4. THE REAR END OF
THE TRAILER STRUCK THE FRONT END OF UNIT 4.
UNIT 1 CAME TO REST PARTIALLY IN THE INTERSECTION OF KEEBLER ROAD AND BELT
LINE AND PARTIALLY IN THE LANE OF KEEBLER ROAD NORTHBOUND. THE FRONT END
OF UNIT 1 WAS FACING NORTH WEST.
UNIT 2 CAME TO REST IN THE LANE OF KEEBLER ROAD NORTHBOUND. THE FRONT END
OF UNIT 2 WAS FACING NORTHBOUND.
UNIT 3 CAME TO REST IN THE LANE OF KEEBLER ROAD SOUTHBOUND. THE FRONT END
OF UNIT 3 WAS FACING SOUTHBOUND. THE REAR END OF THE TRAILER UNIT 3 WAS
PULLING CAME TO REST AGAINST THE FRONT END OF UNIT 4. THE FRONT END OF
UNIT 4 WAS FACING SOUTHBOUND.
THE DRIVER OF UNIT ONE WAS ISSUED A CITATION FOR FAILURE TO YIELD TO
AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLE.
* The public is reminded that criminal defendants are presumed innocent
until the government is able to prove its charges in court beyond a
reasonable doubt.
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