Crews rescue driver from overturned truck on I-64 ramp
First responders rescued a truck driver after a tractor-trailer overturned on the Kingshighway ramp to westbound Interstate 64 Wednesday morning in Washington Park, Illinois State Police said.
The driver was identified as Rudolph Crockett Jr., 58, of St. Louis, state police reported. Crockett was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The 2007 International truck was traveling on the ramp from northbound Kingshighway, also known as Illinois 111, to I-64 westbound when the load shifted and caused the truck to overturn, according to a preliminary investigation by state troopers.
The crash was reported at 8:49 a.m. and all lanes were reopened by 10:30 a.m.
Charges had not been filed as of Wednesday and are pending the investigation, according to a news release from state police.
This story was originally published March 24, 2021 at 10:17 AM.
