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1 injured after crashing into cement truck in rural Jo Daviess County

The driver was airlifted to a nearby hospital after running a stop sign and crashing into a cement truck.

STOCKTON, Ill. — Jo Daviess County Sheriff's officers responded to a 911 call for a two-vehicle crash shortly before 8 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 9.

The accident occurred at the intersection of Highway 20 East and South Massbach Road in rural Stockton. One of the drivers, 19-year-old Katie Race, failed to yield at a stop sign as she was headed north through the intersection. 

Austin Eisfeller, 26, was heading westbound in a Sterling cement truck and collided with Race. 

Eisfeller was not injured in the accident, but Race was transported to a nearby hospital before being airlifted to Saint Anthony's Hospital in Rockford.

Neither vehicle had any passengers, and police say the crash remains under investigation.

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