A motor vehicle incident caused a short backup of traffic in both directions along Park Street and Taylorville.

The incident happened between 4:00 and 4:30 PM on April 1st in front of Casey’s Gas Station located At 902 East Park Street. Multiple Taylorville Police Officers, the Taylorville Fire Department, as well as Dunn’s Ambulance responded to the scene. 

One unidentified occupant of the two vehicles involved was transported away from the scene via Dunn’s Ambulance Service. The other vehicle was no longer on scene when emergency services arrived.

The traffic build up was quickly controlled as officers and fire personnel stepped in to assist with traffic control while the remaining emergency service workers cleaned up the scene.

The scene was cleaned and cleared with normal traffic resuming at 4:45 PM.

Travelers currently driving on Park street should expect the traffic to be the usual level for a Wednesday evening as of now.