Vehicle strikes IDOT truck on I-255

Republic-Times- January 27, 2025

*Pictured is the scene of Monday’s crash on I-255 in Columbia. (Stella Linnemann photo)*

Emergency personnel responded shortly before 2:30 p.m. Monday to a crash involving a pickup truck and Illinois Department of Transportation truck on I-255 eastbound near the Fish Lake overpass in Columbia.

Assisting EMS at the scene were Columbia police and fire department personnel as well as Illinois State Police and IDOT.

ISP said an IDOT truck with an arrow board driven by a 48-year-old Collinsville man was blocking a lane on the interstate for road work when it was rear-ended by a 1995 Ford Ranger driven by Roger B. Pansing, 68, of Columbia.

Pansing was transported by Columbia EMS to a St. Louis hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.

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