A multi-vehicle crash along Interstate 270 in Glen Carbon ended in a fatality on Thursday morning.
Emergency responders were called to the scene shortly before 5 a.m. along the westbound lanes of I-270, just east of the Illinois Route 157 junction.
Investigators found four vehicles collided in the middle of the highway, leaving heavy wreckage across multiple lanes.
First responders confirmed that at least one of the vehicles rolled over during the impact.
One person sustained fatal injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene by emergency medical personnel.
Police officers and emergency crews secured the crash site while work began to notify the victim’s family members.
Illinois State Police troopers remain at the scene to determine what caused the sudden collision.
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