Was Illinois State Trooper injured on I-64 because of a burger?

A fast food meal is likely to blame for a crash that involved an Illinois State Police trooper.

According to police reports, the drive-thru meal including a large amount of soda was splattered all over the windshield of a car that struck the rear end of an unmarked police cruiser stuck in traffic.

“It appears it was a case of distracted driving,” state police spokesman Calvin Dye Jr. said. “Jack in the Box was all over the inside of the windshield.”

The trooper, an 18-year veteran, was at a complete stop at just after 5 p.m. Thursday on Interstate 64 near mile marker 15 near Shiloh-O’Fallon border. As he was waiting, the 2012 Chevrolet Malibu he was driving was struck by a 2008 Hyundai.

The impact caved in the trunk and the rear bumper of the unmarked Malibu police cruiser. Both drivers were taken to a Belleville hospital with what were believed to be non-life threatening injuries.

The trooper suffered what was initially believed to be a broken leg, Dye said, but X-rays came back negative.

The case was still under investigation as of Friday afternoon and no tickets or charges have been filed.

This story was originally published May 6, 2016 at 2:20 PM with the headline "Was Illinois State Trooper injured on I-64 because of a burger?."