A 25-year old Rockford woman suffered fatal injuries Friday night following a semi-truck vs car crash on
I-90 in Boone County.
The accident took place a short time before 10 near Grand Prairie Road.
State Police report that the woman killed was a front passenger in the vehicle. The semi-truck crash into the car which was stopped on I-90 in the westbound lane.
The vehicle burst into flames on impact.
The truck driver told police that he had looked down for a moment and then looked back up prior to the incident. The semi ended up in the ditch after striking the car.
The driver of the vehicle remains hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The crash remains under investigation by Illinois State Police.