Belleville, IL : A driver was killed in a six-vehicle crash on Wednesday, 21st June 2018

A driver was kilLled in a six-vehicle crash Wednesday near Vandalia after veering off the road and becoming trapped inside his tractor-trailer, which caught fire.

Robert A. Todoran, 42, of Hammond, Louisiana, was killed in the crash, which involved five tractor-trailers and one car, according to an Illinois State Police news release.

Todoran was driving on westbound I-70 near milepost 64, where traffic was stopped due to road construction. Todoran failed to slow down and rear-ended a 2014 Ford Fusion at about 2:20 p.m.

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