UPDATED: Driver, fleeing from Peoria police, hurt trying to jump gap of Peoria bridge

8 April 2026, 1:51 am

A man was taken to OSF Healthcare Saint Francis Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries after his SUV crashed into an embankment after driving off a bridge under construction just outside of ...... Read More »

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