{"id":40309,"date":"2026-06-12T14:45:56","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T19:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=40309"},"modified":"2026-06-12T14:51:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T19:51:13","slug":"4-vehicles-involved-in-crash-closing-route-40-on-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/40309-4-vehicles-involved-in-crash-closing-route-40-on-thursday\/","title":{"rendered":"4-Vehicles Involved in Crash, Closing Route 40 on Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A crash on U.S. Highway 40 at 700th Street in Jackson Township occurred at 4:56 p.m. on Thursday, closing Route 40 for a while.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">According to the Effingham County Sheriff&#8217;s Department, Tracy L. Marten of Altamont was traveling westbound on U.S. Highway 40 in the area of 700th Street when she stated that she fell asleep and woke up to the vehicle&#8217;s airbags deploying.\u00a0 The drivers of the other vehicles involved, as well as numerous witnesses, saw Marten&#8217;s vehicle cross into the eastbound lanes of traffic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Marten&#8217;s van struck a vehicle driven by Jessica Wolfert of Altamont on the mirror of the vehicle, then struck the driver&#8217;s side of a jeep driven by Helen Mason of St. Elmo, before finally striking the front driver&#8217;s side of a truck driven by Jeffrey Clow of Effingham.\u00a0 Wolfert, Mason, and Clow were all eastbound at the time of the accident.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Passengers involved in the accident; Jared Mason and Betty Clow, were transferred to HSHS St. Anthony Memorial Hospital and checked for injuries.\u00a0 Tracy Marten, of Altamont was cited for improper lane usage.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A crash on U.S. Highway 40 at 700th Street in Jackson Township occurred at 4:56 p.m. on Thursday, closing Route 40 for a while. 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