Heid v. State

OPINION

Burke, J.

This claim arises from an automobile accident which occurred on March 3, 1984, in Madison County, Illinois. Claimant, Jan E. Heid, alleges that he was injured when he pulled his vehicle off of 1-70 onto a road where there appeared to be a weigh station. His vehicle fell into a hole where there had previously been a truck weigh scale, at a weigh station for eastbound traffic on Highway 70. Claimant alleges the State was negligent in removing the scale and for failing to properly secure the exit ramp to prevent vehicles from entering thereon, or to properly warn drivers…