State Police have released more details on a car-semi crash that killed one person and resulted in a second being airlifted to a regional hospital.
Police say the driver of the car that was killed was 61-year-old Irving Wright of South Holland, Illinois. A passenger in the car, 53-year-old Sherice Wright of South Holland, was seriously injured.
The driver of the semi was 40-year-old Michael McKimmons of Van Buren, Arkansas who refused medical attention.
Preliminary investigative details indicate both the car and truck were traveling northbound on I-57 at milepost 105 about three miles north of Dix. For an unknown reason, the Wright vehicle left the roadway and traveled into the median. It struck an embankment and then struck the trailer of the semi.
Irving Wright was pronounced dead on the scene by the Jefferson County Coroner.
The Illinois State Police Traffic Crash Reconstruction Unit is continuing the investigation.
The crash occurred at 1:25 Thursday afternoon.
