(East St. Louis, IL) — Illinois State Police have not yet released the name of the victim killed in a single-car crash in East St. Louis. Troopers arrived on the scene shortly before six o’clock this morning on Route 3 Northbound at the 8th Street intersection. They found a Dodge Caliber had hit a light pole and the driver was dead at the scene. It appears the car was traveling at a high rate of speed as the engine was thrown nearly 50 feet from the vehicle.