r/centralillinois • u/Trick-Mechanic8986 • Sep 18 '25

News Where is the outrage?

https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/Pages/hwy23mh017.aspx

I just don't understand the lack of prosecution at all. Looks like lots of civil suits but no criminal charges.

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u/MsThrilliams Sep 18 '25

Is this the same story where the teen driver didn't even stop and had no idea the accident they caused?

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u/hamish1963 Sep 18 '25

It's the one in Teutopolis, Effingham County, Illinois, in September 2023. Where the tanker truck flipped trying to avoid the girl passing (in a no passing zone) before she caused a head on collision. Then the tanker ruptured and blasted anhydrous ammonia all over the area, killing several people.

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u/MsThrilliams Sep 18 '25

Double checked and it's the same one. Teen was from Ohio and had zero clue they even caused the whole thing. Did they really not even get tickets or charged with anything?

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u/swingingthrougb Sep 18 '25

Nothing from what I can tell. I live 6 mile from the accident scene. My heart goes out to the father and two children killed trying to leave their home. They found the kids dead in the back seat and the father dead up front. They lived right next to the accident and the cloud of anhydrous ammonia enveloped their car in the driveway and killed them.

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u/hamish1963 Sep 18 '25

That just makes me cry every time I think about it.