Overview
- Authorities were called around 5:35 p.m. Monday to State and East North in the Village of Manhattan in Will County.
- Responding officers found the 13-year-old unresponsive beneath the semi-trailer, and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
- The Will County Sheriff’s Police, the Will County Coroner’s Office, Illinois State Police, and local emergency services responded to the crash.
- Manhattan police asked for the community’s thoughts, compassion and prayers in a social media statement.
- Manhattan District 114 canceled before and after-school activities Tuesday, and local reports identified the victim as an eighth grader.