Updated: 10:35 AM CST January 19, 2021
WHITESIDE COUNTY, Ill. A female is dead after crashing into a semi-truck in Rock Falls Monday morning.
The female was driving eastbound on Prophet Road, just west of Luther Road, around 9:30 a.m. Jan. 18, 2021, the Whiteside County Sheriff s Office said in a statement.
She lost control going around a curve in the road and slid into the path of a 61-year-old man from Fenton, Illinois who was driving a semi-truck westbound on Prophet Road.
The man didn t have time to avoid the crash, the sheriff s office said.
The female was declared dead at the scene of the crash.