EAST MOLINE, IL : 2 fatal crashes reported on I-88, East Moline on Wednesday, 8th May 2024

Two fatal crashes happened Wednesday morning on Interstate 88, according to the East Moline Police Department.

Wednesday at approximately 8:08 a.m., East Moline police officers were dispatched to a traffic crash with injuries that happened on I-88 westbound, just east of Exit 2, according to a media release from the police department. Upon arrival, officers found that a box truck had struck the rear end of a semi-truck that was entering the roadway from the shoulder. The box truck was off the roadway upon arrival and the male driver was being tended to by EMS from the East Moline Fire Department and Genesis Ambulance.

He was removed from the vehicle and taken to Genesis Hospital-Illini in Silvis, Ill. where he later succumbed to his injuries, police said. He was pronounced deceased by the Rock Island County Coroner’s Office and his identity is being withheld pending notification of family.

Crash reconstruction services were later completed by troopers from the Illinois State Police, according to the media release. The driver of the semi-truck was uninjured and received a citation for violating minimum speed regulation.

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