Owsley v. State

OPINION

Patchett, J.

This claim arose out of an automobile accident which occurred on December 9, 1993, at the intersection of Illinois Routes 13 and 142 near Equality, Illinois. The Claimants were passengers in an automobile being driven north on Route 142. As the car entered the intersection, it was struck by a pickup truck traveling west on Illinois Route 13. As a result of the accident, the various Claimants sustained a wide range of injuries, some of them very serious. The basis for the claim is that the red flashing lights, which had been placed above the stop signs on Illinois Route 142,…