Overview
- Police said a semi-truck struck a bicyclist at about 5:35 p.m. Monday at State and East North streets on U.S. Route 52, and the 13-year-old was found unresponsive beneath the trailer and later pronounced dead.
- A GoFundMe identified the boy as Chance Hunnicutt, and authorities said the investigation remains active with Illinois State Police assisting and findings to be released when complete.
- Mayor Mike Adrieansen said the village filed a formal request with the Illinois Department of Transportation to designate Route 52 as a size-restricted truck route.
- Officials detailed near-term steps including new school-zone signs and planned downtown crosswalks, and they said a safety improvement grant application is in progress.
- The village commissioned a study for a possible truck bypass around downtown, the school district canceled after-school activities and offered support services after reporting two junior high student deaths in separate events, and residents described the intersection with a single stop sign for four lanes as hazardous.