An intoxicated 37 year old from Springfield was airlifted to an area hospital with serious injuries after going the wrong way on I-55 Saturday morning. 37-year-old Remington Montgomery of Springfield was traveling southbound in the northbound lanes of Interstate 55 at Milepost 60 just north of Litchfield. At 2:05 AM, Montgomery, who was driving a white 2020 Nissan pick-up struck 56-year-old Roger Rosser from Rockford, who was driving a semi-truck head-on. 

Montgomery was airlifted to a regional hospital with serious injuries while Rosser was taken by ambulance to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. I-55 northbound was closed for nearly 7 hours for recovery and cleanup.

Montgomery was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, cited for failure to reduce speed to avoid a crash, driving the wrong way on the interstate, and operating an uninsured motor vehicle.