Cairo mayor injured in traffic accident

Cairo, Illinois, Mayor Tyrone Coleman was injured in a traffic accident Wednesday, his office has confirmed.

A 2005 Freightliner semi-trailer traveling northbound on U.S. 51 struck the vehicle Coleman was driving, a 1996 Ford pickup truck, as he stopped to turn west onto 16th Street in Cairo, according to a news release from the Illinois State Police. The Ford was towed from the scene.

The driver of the semi was cited for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident. The investigation is ongoing, the release stated.

The mayor's office was unable to comment on his medical condition Thursday.

Pertinent address:

U.S. 51 and 16th Street, Cairo, IL