EFFINGHAM COUNTY, IL : 2 hospitalized in Effingham County crash on Wednesday, 18th November, 2020

Two people were hospitalized after a crash in Effingham County early Wednesday morning.

It happened on Interstate 70 near milepost 91 around 5 a.m.

Troopers said Markell McCottrell, 37, of St. Louis, was driving a semi with 41-year-old Christopher Lindsey, of St. Louis, as a passenger.

Police said McCottrell ran off the road to the left, hit a guardrail, entered the median, and then flipped.

The semi hit an IDOT overhead message board.

Both McCottrell and Linsdey were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.


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