DAVIS JUNCTION — On Wednesday morning March 21 just shortly before 7 a.m. Ogle County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the Orchard Hills Landfill, located at 8290 N. IL Route 251, Davis Junction, to the report of a subject who was pinned between a semi-tractor and trailer.
New Milford EMS personnel were dispatched to the scene also to assist the victim was identified as John E. Overstreet, 48, of Davis Junction.
It was learned during the investigation that Overstreet was at the rear of his trailer, removing his tarp, between his trailer and another semi-tractor that was parked behind him.

The driver of the second semi-tractor, Dariusz Achramowicz, 55, of Elmwood Park, said he had stopped his semi and exited to take his tarp off his trailer. Achramowicz advised he was half way to the rear of his trailer when he realized his truck was rolling forward. Achramowicz was unable to re-enter his semi and stop it before it ran into Overstreet and pinned him between the semi and the trailer.
New Milford EMS and REACT personnel attempted to revive Overstreet to no avail. He was pronounced deceased at the scene.
The Ogle County Coroner’s Office was called to the scene. Illinois State Police assisted in conducting a vehicle inspection on the offending semi-tractor.
The investigation remains open until the autopsy is performed on the victim.