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Two injuries after Monday evening head on crash closes 251 bridge


PERU – The Route 251 bridge was closed for over an hour after a head-on crash injured two.   The Peru Police say as many as five vehicles were involved after a southbound vehicle reportedly drove head-on into a northbound vehicle around 6 PM, striking it and a number of cars behind it.  The southbound vehicle reportedly came to rest 800 feet further south of the original crash.   Two were taken from the congested scene with non-life threatening injuries.  Peru emergency services were assisted by Illinois Valley Regional Dispatch-ValCom and assisted at the scene by Peru ESDA, LaSalle Police, Oglesby Police, LaSalle Ambulance, Oglesby Ambulance as well as Illinois Department of Transportation.   The crash remains under investigation.

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