(RALEIGH, IL) — Route 34 in Saline County was shut down for a couple of hours Tuesday after a semi overturned at the Raleigh curve. Illinois State Police say around 11:45 a.m., the driver of the semi, 48-year-old Michael J. Dawe of Thompsonville, was going east on Route 34 just north of Raleigh when for unknown reasons he went off the right side of the roadway striking an embankment. The semi then overturned losing its load. Dawe was not injured in the crash. He was cited for improper lane usage.

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