BELOIT, IL : I-90 crash victim identified on Sunday, January 8th 2017

The driver of the car who died in a crash that shut down Interstate 90-39 for seven hours on Saturday was identified Sunday by the Rock County Medical Examiner's Department.

The driver was Jacob Wiebel, 27, of Rockton, Illinois, according to a news release.

Wiebel was driving the car that authorities said was going the wrong way on the Interstate and crashed nearly head-on into a semitrailer truck.

The crash occurred at 4:38 a.m. north of Shopiere Road in the town of Turtle.

The truck's cab caught fire. The trailer was carrying volatile chemicals, so as a precautionary measure, authorities shut down both sides of the highway until a cleanup crew arrived and stabilized the chemicals. The Interstate reopened shortly after noon Saturday.

Wiebel was the only personin the car. No one else was reported injured.

Authorities did not immediately have an explanation for why the car was going the wrong way. The crash remains under investigation.

An autopsy confirmed that Wiebel died as a result of injuries he suffered in the crash, according to the news release.

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I-90 crash victim identified