Effingham, IL / Effingham Radio
Dec 9, 2020 7:01 PM
Effingham, IL -(Effingham Radio)- On Wednesday December 9, 2020 at approximately 1:30 am, the Illinois State Police responded to a crash on I-70 eastbound at MP 92 exit ramp to I-57 southbound. A Semi ran off the left side of the ramp and overturned and was fully engulfed in flames upon their arrival.
The Coroner’s office was called and pronounced the driver deceased at the scene. The driver was identified as Robert E. White, w/m, age 48, of Kiln, Mississippi. He was the only occupant in the vehicle.
The Coroner’s office transported Mr. Robert White to the morgue and notified the next of kin. An autopsy is scheduled for Thursday morning at 9am at HSHS St. Anthony Hospital in Effingham to determine if a medical condition may have played a factor in the crash.
The driver of tractor-trailer died in a fiery crash early Wednesday. Effingham Fire Department photo
The driver of tractor trailer died in a fiery crash early Wednesday on eastbound Interstate 70 at the I-57 interchange, according to Effingham Fire Chief Bob Tutko.
Tutko said the department responded to the crash at about 1:30 a.m. The tractor trailer, which was hauling dog food, left the roadway while negotiating the exit to southbound I-57, according to the chief. He noted that there were about 300 feet of skid marks on the road leading to the point where the vehicle left the roadway on the left shoulder and overturned.
Driver in Fatal Crash Wednesday Identified Published on December 10 2020 6:10 am Last Updated on December 10 2020 6:10 am Written by Greg Sapp
The driver killed in the fiery semi crash early Wednesday morning south of Effingham has been identified.
Effingham County Coroner Kim Rhodes said the man was 48-year-old Robert E. White of Kiln, Mississippi. Rhodes said White was the only person in the vehicle.
The crash happened about 1:30am on the ramp leading from Eastbound Interstate 70 to Southbound Interstate 57. The rig ran off the left side of the ramp and was fully engulfed in flames when emergency services reached the scene.
An autopsy will be conducted this morning at HSHS St. Anthony s Memorial Hospital in Effingham to determine whether a medical condition might have been a factor in the crash. The investigation is continuing by the Effingham County Coroner s Office and the Illinois State Police. Other agencies that assisted in the incident included Abbott EMS, an