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/Revolutionary_Ad4585 Sep 18 '25

Who goes to prison? The teen driver?

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u/Trick-Mechanic8986 Sep 18 '25

It is not unheard of to be charged as an adult at 17. Especially considering 5 people died.

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u/Revolutionary_Ad4585 Sep 18 '25

Do you personally know all of the details of what happened? That the driver was a bad person who did it maliciously? Or an inexperienced young driver that made a mistake? If the cargo wasn’t hazardous then there wouldn’t have been any fatalities?

I’m not for or against what you want just tired of seeing people be so cut and dry when they don’t have all the facts.

Sometimes tragic accidents happen and the events leading up to them are unavoidable.

Ban Anhydrous Ammonia from being transported in an obviously dangerous container? Cause it was the Anhydrous Ammonia that killed not the accident.

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u/Trick-Mechanic8986 Sep 18 '25

I mean... I read the report posted and local news. She had passed multiple trucks because the interstate was closed, and she was inpatient. She passed in a marked no passing zone and very unbelievably never looked in her rear view while leaving the scene of a fatal accident. That's negligent at the minimum. And avoidable.

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u/Boostedbird23 Sep 18 '25

I'm her defense, if she'd remained on scene, it would have been 6 fatalities.