One is injured when car strikes semi-trailer near Polo Oct. 16

One person was injured Oct. 16 around 4:15 p.m. in a two-vehicle accident at the intersection of Milledgeville Road and Freeport Road, west of Polo.

According to a press release by the Ogle County Sheriff's Department, the accident involved a tractor trailer semi-truck and a car.

Police said a grain truck driven by Jeff Frey, 42, Polo, was stopped on Milledgeville Road waiting to turn south onto Freeport Road when a car, driven by Jane A. Pendgraft, 72, Polo, failed to stop as she approached the same stop sign and struck the rear of the grain truck.

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