UPDATED 6:03 P.M.
EAST PEORIA, Ill. — An overturned cement truck blocked northbound Rt. 29 at Cedar Street, to the Cedar Street Bridge in East Peoria during the Monday morning commute, and caused the truck’s driver to be injured.
Traffic was getting through in the right lane as of 9 a.m., but Northbound traffic was rerouted using the westbound Cedar Street entrance.
Police asked motorists to avoid the area.
The ramp from eastbound Cedar Street to northbound Rt. 29 was blocked.
Rt. 29 was closed to traffic for over two hours for clean up.
East Peoria Police tell news partner 25 News the 30-year-old male driver of the truck had to be extricated from the vehicle, and was hospitalized with unknown injuries.
(Illinois Department of Transportation)
