TRUCK DRIVER KILLED IN I-57 CRASH

ULLIN, Ill. -- A 61-year-old West Plains truck driver was fatally injured at 4:23 p.m. Sunday in a collision with another semi-tractor trailer that had stopped in the passing lane, according to the Illinois State Police.

Russell S. Phillips, 61, died after the truck he was driving struck the other truck that was stopped in the passenger lane on I-57 northbound near the Union County line, police said.

The other driver was Patti S. Baldwin, 44, of Sioux City, Iowa. She was taken to Union County Hospital in Anna with minor injuries. Her passenger, James D. Baldwin, 47, of Sioux City, was taken to the same hospital with major injuries.

Both trucks sustained major damage.