2 children injured after pickup submerged in creek in Kankakee Co.; Driver arrested for DUI

KANKAKEE COUNTY, Ill. (WLS) -- Two children were hospitalized in critical condition after a pickup truck crashed into a creek in Kankakee County Thursday night, the Kankakee County Sheriff's Office said.

The driver of a pickup truck has been arrested for DUI, the sheriff's office said.

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Deputies responded at about 11:23 p.m. to the area of 3700 East Illinois Route 17 after getting an automated crash alert from an iPhone.

Deputies found a pickup truck partially submerged in nearly two feet of partially frozen creek water with a 58-year-old woman and two children inside, the sheriff's office said.

The two children were transported to a hospital, where they were listed in critical condition, the sheriff's office said.

The driver, Phyllis Moses, was also transported to a hospital and subsequently arrested for DUI, the sheriff's office said.