Springfield, IL : A speeding driver was killed after his car hit the back of a semi-tractor trailer and then a second vehicle on May, Wednesday, 17th 2017

A speeding driver was killed after his car hit the back of a semi-tractor trailer and then a second vehicle on Interstate 64 near Mascoutah on Wednesday morning.

The driver, Danny W. Hillis, 72, of the Granite City area, was pronounced dead at the scene.

The crash happened about 8:19 a.m., according to Calvin Dye Jr., spokesman for the Illinois State Police. Hillis was driving at a high rate of speed westbound on Interstate 64 in a 2011 Crown Victoria before the crash, Dye said.

A semi-tractor trailer driver saw the speeding vehicle coming up fast behind him and thought the motorist was going to get over into the other lane, but instead it crashed into the rear of his vehicle. The motorist continued speeding down the highway, then struck a second vehicle before losing control of his vehicle and going off the road.

Dye said it is unknown why Hillis was driving at that rate of speed or where he was headed. Hillis was not wearing a seat belt. He lived in the 1000 block of Thorngate Avenue, authorities said.

No one else was injured.

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Speeding motorist dies in three-vehicle crash on I-64