Coroner IDs Columbia man who died in Interstate 64 crash
Editor’s note: The initial news release from Illinois State Police said the victim was from Belleville. The St. Clair County coroner reports he is from Columbia.
A 58-year-old man died in a crash Friday when his pickup truck collided with a tractor-trailer parked on the shoulder of Interstate 64 in Washington Park, Illinois State Police said in a news release.
Dwayne A. White of Columbia was pronounced deceased at the scene, according to St. Clair County Coroner Calvin Dye Sr.
White was driving a pickup truck east at 3:37 a.m. at milepost 6 on I-64 when he drove off the right side of the roadway and struck the rear of the tractor-trailer, according to a preliminary investigation by state troopers.
Montarius Tucker, 31, from Eight Mile, Alabama, was lying in the sleeper berth of a 2013 Freightliner truck at the time of the crash and told police he was not injured.
State police did not release any other information about the crash.
BND reporter Carolyn P. Smith contributed information for this article.
