Belleville,IL : Driver found dead after crash near Belleville on December, Saturday 30th 2017

A driver was found dead Saturday night after he lost control of his car and hit a utility pole and a dumpster, authorities said.

The St. Clair County Sheriff's Department said the car crashed in the 3900 block of Old Oak Lane, near the intersection of Frank Scott Parkway West and Illinois Route 158, at about 10:15 p.m.

Deputies said the driver of the car, Harold Sanders, 56, of Belleville, may have had a medical problem before the crash, causing him to lose control of his Toyota Camry. The car, which had been going southbound on Frank Scott Parkway, went across Route 158, hitting a stop sign at Old Oak Lane.


The car continued up a driveway, hitting a utility pole and then a dumpster at a home that is under construction there.

Sanders was pronounced dead at the scene. No one else was in the car.

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Driver found dead after crash near Belleville