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On May 8, 2009, Becky Lynch was driving her car eastbound on Route 9<\/a> in Fiatt, Ill., when the defendant truck driver, Myron Rachinski, pulling a flatbed trailer, was traveling southbound on Route 97<\/a><\/p>\n

and chose not to stop at the stop sign. Rachinski and his truck proceeded into the intersection directly in front of Becky\u2019s SUV. The intersection is known locally as Teddy Bear Junction.<\/p>\n

Lynch\u2019s SUV hit the middle of the trailer and became lodged underneath it causing it to be dragged 150 feet down the road.<\/p>\n

Lynch, 50, suffered a broken left arm, which required surgery with plates and screws, pelvic fractures, left lateral tibial plateau fracture, bilateral pulmonary embolism and right knee replacement surgery three years later. She is expected to have a hip replacement and left knee surgery in the future.<\/p>\n

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