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Two killed in I-70 crash with semi stopped on shoulder

A 26-year-old Lebanon man was killed in a single vehicle motorcycle crash Saturday night in Jersey County.
A 26-year-old Lebanon man was killed in a single vehicle motorcycle crash Saturday night in Jersey County. Provided

Two people were killed Tuesday evening in a car crash in Fayette County, and another person was seriously injured.

A 2017 Volkswagen Jetta was eastbound on Interstate 70 in Fayette County at about 6:20 p.m. when it drifted onto the shoulder at a high rate of speed and struck the rear of a 2011 Freightliner semi-trailer.

Driver Michelle Davis, 36, of Allentown, Pa., and her passenger, Aerial Mclean, 30, of Silver Springs, Md., were pronounced dead at the scene. The truck driver was Jerry Brown, 51, of Atlanta, Ga. He was transported to St. Anthony’s Hospital in Effingham.

Brown was cited for improper parking on a roadway.

Elizabeth Donald: 618-239-2507, @BNDedonald

This story was originally published June 28, 2018 at 6:00 PM with the headline "Two killed in I-70 crash with semi stopped on shoulder."

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