UPDATE-On the evening of 03/07/2023, the juvenile passenger passed away at UW-Madison hospital. This accident remains under investigation by the Jo Daviess County Sheriff’s Office and the Illinois State Police traffic crash reconstruction unit.

On 03/06/2023 at approximately 3:47 PM, the Jo Daviess County Sheriff’s Office was notified of a single vehicle accident near U.S. Route 20 W, just west of IL Rt 84 N in rural Galena, IL. Upon arrival, Deputies learned that a 2002 Honda CR-V driven by Maria G. Amezquita Rodriguez had been traveling eastbound on U.S. Route 20 West, when at the merge of the four lanes, she lost control of her vehicle and began to skid. Amezquita Rodriguez then over-corrected and crossed into the median before ultimately rolling her vehicle multiple times. Amezquita Rodriguez was transported from the scene to Mercy Hospital for injuries sustained in the accident. A juvenile passenger in Amezquita Rodriguez’s vehicle was transported to Midwest Medical Center and then to UW-Madison hospital for treatment of injuries.