FRANKLIN COUNTY, Ill. (WJPF) – One person is dead after a two vehicle crash in Franklin County.

ISP responded to the scene on I-57 just north of the Whittington/Sesser exit early Friday morning September, 22nd. One vehicle going north went off the roadway, crossed the center median, and hit another vehicle that was driving south. The driver of the vehicle heading south was killed.

The driver of the vehicle heading north, their passengers and the passenger of the vehicle heading south were all taken to a local hospital for injuries.