State Police identify man killed in crash on interstate ramp near East St. Louis
Illinois State Police continue to investigate a fatal single-vehicle crash that occurred early Friday near Interstate-64/I-55 in East St. Louis.
Timothy P. Mahon, 31, of St. Louis was pronounced dead at the scene, ISP said.
According to preliminary investigation by Illinois State Police, the accident occurred at 4:45 a.m. when Mahon’s was driving his 2017 BMW sedan northbound on Illinois 3 and attempted to merge onto I-64 westbound/I- 55 southbound.
While merging, it struck the concrete barrier to the right side. The vehicle flipped over the barrier wall and fell to the ground below.
The vehicle came to rest, overturned, on the train tracks below the ramp. Mahon was the only person in the vehicle.
This story was originally published February 26, 2021 at 7:04 PM.
