
BENTON – A Centralia man was cited for DUI and other charges after he hit a fully marked ISP squad car with his vehicle on southbound I-57 near Benton early Tuesday morning.
According to Illinois State Police, ISP Troop 10 units were on scene of a previous traffic crash on southbound I-57 at mile marker 69 at 12:36 a.m.
The squad car with emergency lights activated was parked on the inside shoulder near the median conducting traffic control for the previous traffic crash ahead. Another vehicle, a 2017 Beige Lincoln SUV driven by 41-year-old Terrance Vance of Centralia, was traveling south and failed to yield and move over. Vance struck the passenger side of the squad car, continued traveling southbound and was stopped by the squad car. No injuries were reported on scene.
Vance was cited for Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol, Illegal Transportation of Alcohol and Improper Passing of an Emergency Vehicle (Scott’s Law).
ISP says no further information is available.