Illinois HR 592: COMMEND-KEN MCCRACKEN & OTHERS

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HR0592LRB104 16807 MST 30216 r

1HOUSE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, On September 2, 2025, at approximately 7:27pm, a 

3Dodge 2500 pickup truck was traveling east on Rio Township 

4Road 2400 North at a high rate of speed; at the intersection of 

52400 North and 050 East, the driver lost control, and his truck 

6went into the ditch on the right side of the road; the driver 

7tried to correct, but the truck went back onto the road and 

8into the ditch on the left side of the road, turned over 

9several times, and destroyed a row of pine trees, coming to 

10rest on the passenger side; and

11 WHEREAS, A farmhouse sits at the intersection and is owned 

12by resident Connie Flack, who was sitting on the front porch 

13and witnessed the entire incident; she immediately called her 

14neighbors, Ken and Rhonda McCracken, who live approximately a 

15half mile up the road; they instantly got in their car and 

16drove to the accident as Rhonda called 911; and

17 WHEREAS, Upon arriving, Ken McCracken found the driver, 

18who was the only occupant of the truck, still hanging from his 

19seat belt with the vehicle beginning to smoke; the driver 

20finally got himself released but was unable to get out of the 

21truck by kicking the windshield; Ken noticed a metal rod that 

22had flown out of the back of the truck and began trying to 

23break little holes in the windshield with the rod; he made a 

HR0592- 2 -LRB104 16807 MST 30216 r

1number of holes that formed a circle in the windshield, and the 

2driver was able to kick the windshield and create a hole large 

3enough that Ken could pull the driver out and drag him to 

4safety; the driver was unable to walk; just as the two were a 

5few hundred feed from the truck, the gas tank