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Red Ford Escape runs off Highway 55 into ditch, Jersey County IL

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Reported: 09/11/2025 08:39 AM (PDT)

Jersey County, IL

A red Ford Escape ran off southbound Highway 55 into a ditch near Olive Branch restaurant. Police and a deputy are responding.

Audio|Source: Jerseyville City Police / EMS

01:6

Transcript:

00:00

As we are currently responding on 55 south, we just passed that restaurant coming up on the water tower right now.

00:10

As we were heading southbound, a red Ford Escape in front of us took a pretty heavy turn to the right and went off the road they're currently in a ditch.

00:20

It's in the right off of the southbound lane, a little bit north of the Olive Branch restaurant.

00:26

Territzville PD 911.

00:28

225, go ahead.

00:29

The information, got a vehicle in the ditch on 67, just north of the Harvest Restaurant.

00:37

I got a deputy to be there shortly.

00:39

I ran off the road,

00:41

probably trying to get out of an ambulance.

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