Metro-East News

Man dies after motorcycle, tractor-trailer collide in Cahokia

A 51-year-old Dupo man died Sunday shortly after the motorcycle he was driving collided with a tractor-trailer truck in Cahokia, police said.

The man’s identity was not released.

Cahokia Police Chief David Landmann said the accident happened at 11:44 a.m. in the 500 block of Falling Springs Road.

The motorcyclist was taken to a St. Louis hospital, where he died from his injuries, according to Landmann.

The Illinois State Police Accident Reconstruction team was called to the scene, Landmann said.

This story was originally published November 15, 2020 at 5:50 PM.

Carolyn Smith
Belleville News-Democrat
Carolyn P. Smith has worked for the Belleville News-Democrat since 2000 and currently covers breaking news in the metro-east. She graduated from the Journalism School at the University of Missouri at Columbia and says news is in her DNA. Support my work with a digital subscription
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