Semi Truck Driver Killed After Crashing Into House in Illinois

The eight-year-old in the truck is okay.

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Tragedy struck in Calumet City, Ill. yesterday when a semi truck driver lost control, crashing into a suburban house and rolling over a helpless car. The driver passed away and three others were injured, including the driver's eight-year-old daughter that was inside the truck with him. Nobody in the house was injured. The driver, 37-year-old Joseph Foster, was from Talmo, Ga.

"As I was driving on Michigan City Road, I saw the semi start to drift into my lane," driver of the demolished car, 18-year-old Tyler Weightman told WGN. "I said, 'Woah, what is he doing? Like is he going to move? What's going on?' I start slowing down, I try to stop and I just see him come after me. So, I'm just sitting there, watching him about to crash into me. So we crash and we spin around and then I hear the trailer fall on the back of the car. ... I believe it was truly God that saved us."

[via Chicago Tribune, ABC, CBS]

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