MADISON COUNTY, Ill. — A fatal Madison County crash shut down part of Interstate 70 Saturday morning.
According to Illinois State Police, a little after 7 a.m. there was an accident involving a dump truck and car on westbound I-70, just one mile east of the I-55/270 interchange. Investigators say the truck was going east on the interstate. At the same time, a Volkswagen Jetta was traveling west.
Police found that the driver of the truck entered the center turn around and pulled across the westbound lanes in an attempt to back his truck up for dumping his load in the construction zone. That's when the Volkswagen hit the truck.
The person driving the Volkswagen died on the scene, police say. She was identified as 20-year-old Riley Schreck, from Troy, IL. The dump truck driver went to the hospital but is expected to be OK.
The crash closed lanes going westbound for about four hours during the crash investigation.
