A single vehicle multiple rollover crash has claimed one life on westbound I-64 near the Washington-Jefferson County line shortly after five Saturday morning. One other person in the vehicle was airlifted to a St. Louis Hospital for treatment of injuries.
A short time after that crash, another occurred as traffic was backing up. Initial information indicates a box truck failed to stop and rear-ended a semi, which was trying to get out of the way. The box truck then hit a car in front of the semi and came to rest on top of it. Two occupants of the car were transported by Washington County Ambulance to Good Samaritan Hospital in Mt. Vernon.
I-64, both east and westbound, was initially closed, but the eastbound lanes have now been reopened. I-64 westbound traffic is being diverted at the Woodlawn exit and being returned to I-64 at the US 51 interchange. The closure is expected to last most of the morning as vehicles are being removed and an accident reconstructionist completes his report.
Emergency response agencies were already out with another crash in the westbound lanes that occurred at the Woodlawn exit, where a pickup truck rear-ended a truck pulling a flat-bed trailer. No word on injuries from that crash.
The names of those involved in the crashes have not been released.
Jefferson, Woodlawn, and Irvington Fire, along with the Washington and Jefferson County Sheriff’s Departments, State Police, Washington County Ambulance, and Litton’s Ambulance, were called to the scene to assist.
