Authorities release names of two southwestern Illinois men killed in fatal car crash

Two men from southwestern Illinois were killed Saturday afternoon in a collision with a tractor-trailer in Lenzburg.

The men were identified as Craig A. Carter, 51, of Baldwin, and David W. Sicka, 39, of Caseyville. St. Clair County Coroner Calvin Dye Sr. said Carter was pronounced dead at the scene at 4:40 p.m. Sicka was taken to St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in O’Fallon where he died at 5:30 p.m., Dye said.

Carter, the driver, and Sicka, his passenger, were traveling east on North Main Street in Lenzburg when their SUV failed to stop at a stop sign around 4:12 p.m., according to Illinois State Police. The SUV hit a tractor-trailer, driven by a Waterloo man, that was heading south on Illinois 13, state police said in a release.

The SUV overturned, ejecting both Carter and Sicka, state police said. The Waterloo man was not injured.

Reporter Carolyn P. Smith contributed to this story.

This story was originally published January 18, 2021 at 9:40 AM.