Two lanes of I-55 near Edwardsville closed following crash that hospitalized two
Illinois State Police have blocked off one lane of traffic in each direction on Interstate 55 near Edwardsville following a crash in which a person was hit by a tractor-trailer.
Around 1:30 p.m., a pickup truck pulling a trailer pulled over to the side of the road on northbound I-55 and the driver got out of the car, a news release from state police stated. The driver, Curt A. Kruckerberg, 58, of Edwardsville, was standing between the pickup and the trailer when a tractor-trailer sideswiped the pickup truck and struck him.
Kruckerberg was airlifted to an area hospital with non-lifethreatening injuries.
According to state police, the tractor-trailer then overturned. Its driver, Guy M. Lang, 53, of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, was taken by ambulance to a hospital, also with non-life-threatening injuries. He was cited for a violation of Scott’s Law — which requires drivers to change lanes if they approach emergency and disabled vehicles on the shoulder — and for improper lane use.
“The identities of the drivers, as well as traffic updates, will be released when it becomes available,” the release from state police stated.
This story was originally published August 20, 2020 at 3:21 PM.
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