Madison County coroner’s office IDs man killed in crash between car and tractor-trailer
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Investigators in Alton are trying to determine the cause of a two-vehicle crash that left a Godfrey man dead.
Anthony M. Geisen, 20, was injured in the crash Sunday morning and later died at OSF St. Anthony’s Health Center in Alton, according to a news release from Shane Liley, the chief of investigations for the Madison County Coroner’s Office.
Geisen was driving a 2015 Ford Focus hatchback north on Henry Street at 5:54 a.m. Sunday through the intersection of Landmarks Boulevard in Alton when the Focus was struck on the passenger side by a 2024 Freightliner tractor-trailer, the news release stated.
Geisen, who was wearing a seatbelt, was treated at the scene and then taken to St. Anthony’s, where he was pronounced deceased at 6:23 a.m.
The driver of the tractor-trailer refused medical treatment at the scene.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation by the Alton Police Department, Illinois State Police crash reconstruction unit and the coroner’s office.
Funeral arrangements are pending with the Gent Funeral Home in Alton.
This story was originally published October 30, 2023 at 2:03 PM.