ILLINOIS STATE POLICE
Hiram Grau - Director
Date: 04/18/2011
Time: 03:07 pm
Location: I-64 Westbound @ Mile post 14 (Near O'Fallon)
County: St. Clair
Crash Number: 11-11-01182
Unit 1
Vehicle Description: 2005 Dodge Caravan
Driver Name: Nicholas J. Ronketto
Gender: Male
Age: 34
City/State of Residence : Carbondale, IL.
Seatbelt use: Yes
Injuries: Minor
Taken To: Memorial Hospital-Belleville
Passenger 1
Unit #: 1
Name: Vicky L. Lewis
Gender: Female
Age: 31
City/State of Residence: Carbondale, IL.
Seatbelt use: Yes
Injuries: Minor
Taken To: Memorial Hospital - Belleville
Passenger 2
Unit #: 1
Name: Minor
Gender: Female
Age: 3
City/State of Residence: Carbondale, IL.
Seatbelt use: Yes
Injuries: Minor
Taken To: Memorial Hospital - Belleville
Passenger 3
Unit #: 1
Name: Minor
Gender: Male
Age: 5
City/State of Residence: Carbondale, IL.
Seatbelt use: Yes
Injuries: Minor
Taken To: Memorial Hospital - Belleville
Passenger 4
Unit #: 1
Name: Minor
Gender: Male
Age: 9
City/State of Residence: Carbondale, IL.
Seatbelt use: Yes
Injuries: Minor
Taken To: Memorial Hospital - Belleville
Unit 2
Vehicle Description: 2003 Buick
Driver Name: Mark D. Goins
Gender: Male
Age: 26
City/State of Residence : Alton, IL.
Seatbelt use: Yes
Injuries: Minor
Taken To: Memorial Hospital-Belleville
Passenger 1
Unit #: 2
Name: Marqueta L. Goins
Gender: Male
Age: 26
City/State of Residence: Collinsville, IL.
Seatbelt use: Yes
Injuries: Minor
Taken To: St. Elizabeth's - Belleville
Unit 3
Vehicle Description: 1992 Jeep Cherokee
Driver Name: Lawrence C. Richey
Gender: Male
Age: 59
City/State of Residence : Summerfield Alton, IL.
Seatbelt use: Yes
Injuries: No indication of injury
Taken To: N/A
Narrative:
Units one, two and three were traveling on I-64 Westbound @ Milepost 14. The driver of unit one stated he looked down for a second and when he looked back up he struck the rear of unit two. This caused unit two to strike unit three in the rear. The driver and passengers of unit one all sustained injuries. The driver and passenger of unit two sustained injuries. Driver one's vehicle sustained front end damage. Driver two's vehicle sustained front and rear end damage. Driver three's vehicle sustained rear end damage.
The driver of unit one was issued citations for failure to reduce speed to cause an accident and operating an uninsured motor 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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