A 35-year-old female has died following a four-vehicle fatal traffic crash involving a car going northbound in the southbound lanes.  On November 8th, around 7:38 PM, A 2018 GMC Sierra driven by a 44-year-old man from Auburn, Illinois entered I-55 northbound in the southbound lanes from the exit ramp at milepost 88. The man struck two vehicles; a 2008 Mercury sable driven by a 35-year-old female from Clayton, North Carolina, and a 2017 Toyota Corolla driven by a 61-year-old male from Granite City, Illinois.  A semi-truck driven by a 37-year-old man from Spring, Texas drove through the debris immediately after the impact damaging the truck.  

The man from Auburn had life-threatening injuries.The man from Granite City had non-life-threatening injuries, and his passenger a 54-year-old female from Granite City, had life-threatening injuries.  The woman from North Carolina was pronounced deceased on the scene and the truck driver did not need medical assistance.

The crash is still under investigation and ISP says charges are pending and no further information is available at this time.