article_snippet: The Illinois governor's motorcade was among the vehicles involved in scores of accidents Monday as the early spring storm caused near white-out conditions and slippery roads in northern Illinois.
article_snippet: Reports of crashes and spinouts started coming in after 5.30am, a State Police spokesman said.
article_snippet: Some caused minor injuries, including to a state trooper traveling in Rauner's motorcade.
article_snippet: Police said one of the vehicles driven by a member of the State Police unit that protects The Illinois governor lost control on Interstate 55 near the Chicago suburb of Countryside around 8.15am and struck the rear tandem axle of a truck trailer.
article_snippet: The driver was treated and released from a hospital.