MOUNT CARROLL, Ill. (WTVO) — Two men from Freeport were involved in a crash after they lost control of a pickup truck towing a trailer on Wednesday.
According to the Jo Daviess County Sheriff, Jeffrey Wilson, 55, and Samuel Wilson, 22, were in a 2012 Chevrolet pickup truck headed east on E. Loran Road in rural Mount Carroll, pulling a trailer loaded with a farm tractor.
Jeffrey Wilson, who was driving, lost control and the pickup left the road, crashed through a fence, and went down an embankment before rolling over and coming to rest in a pasture, police said.
Samuel Wilson was injured in the crash and was taken to a Freeport hospital.
Jeffrey Wilson was not injured and was charged with Failure to Reduce Speed to Avoid an Accident.