Four occupants were transported to Adventist Bolingbrook Hospital when their car struck a semi on Weber Road near Lakewood Falls Drive

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(Free-Press-Release.com) January 16, 2012 -- Icy conditions snowstorm contributed to an accident that sent four people to area hospitals after a car vs. semi-trailer crash.

About 1:25 p.m., a car heading north on Weber Road near Lakewood Falls Drive struck the driver’s side of a southbound semi when the driver lost control on the slippery road.

The car was making a lane change to pass a vehicle on the left when it slid into the southbound lane, hitting the semi so hard that it broke an axle on the truck

All four occupants of the car — a 45-year-old Joliet man, a 15-year-old boy, a 13-year-old boy and a 7-year-old girl — were transported toAdventist Bolingbrook Hospital.

The two older children were transferred to Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove, where the 15-year-old is being treated for what Lucchesi said are significant but not life-threatening injuries.

The 13-year-old, 7-year-old and the driver were all treated and released.

The driver of the semi, a 45-year-old Romeoville man, was not injured, Lucchesi said.

The driver of the car was ticketed for driving too fast for conditions.

The accident was just one of numerous crashes during the first big snowstorm of the year.

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