Lynwood-based Ray & Wally's Towing said the heavy-duty wrecker was operated by one of its drivers, who died at the scene.

KANKAKEE CO., Ill. - A driver was killed and a child hospitalized after two semi-trucks collided in Kankakee County, about 50 miles south of Chicago, on Tuesday morning. Illinois State Police responded to the area of Illinois Route 17 and Bull Creek Road a little after 7 a.m. for a crash involving the two semi-trucks, ISP said.

A collision between two semis on Christmas Eve morning in Kankakee County left a tow truck driver dead and his 15-year-old son with serious injuries, according to authorities and the tow truck company.

Illinois State Police said a truck driver lost control of his rig on Illinois Route 17 near Bull Creek Road, and hit another semi head-on.

A semi-truck driver died and a juvenile was seriously injured following a crash early Tuesday morning in Kankakee County. At around 7:05 a.m., authorities responded to Route 17 at Bull Creek Road on the report of a crash involving two semi trucks.

Lanes were shut down Tuesday morning in Kankakee County after a crash between two truck-tractor semitrailers collided head-on, left one person dead and another injured, Illinois State Police said.

A truck driver was killed and a child was seriously injured when two semi-tractor trailers crashed into each other Tuesday morning in Kankakee County.