BELLEVILLE A truck driver is accused of negligently veering into another lane while traveling on Interstate 55, allegedly causing a multi-vehicle crash.
Bridgette Ebersoldt and Kevin Ebersoldt filed a complaint Dec. 7 in the St. Clair County Circuit Court against Merrell Enterprises LLC, Ernest Lumley and Richard Snyder, alleging negligence.
According to the compliant, the Ebersoldts were driving south on Interstate 55 in St. Clair County on Dec. 15, 2018. The plaintiffs allege Lumley, who was a truck driver for Merrell Enterprises, steered his truck into their lane causing their vehicle to spin in front of the truck and across two lanes of traffic. The plaintiffs vehicle was then hit by Snyder s vehicle.