Jefferson County — One person was killed in a crash involving a car and a semi on I-64 in Jefferson County around 5:40 Tuesday morning.

According to Illinois State Police, 37-year-old Eric Daniels of Mt. Vernon was near his disabled car on the shoulder of westbound I-64 at milepost 71.5 when a semi, driven by 30-year-old Thakur Kafley of Louisville, KY, veered off the road and sideswiped Daniels’ car. The semi then ran off the right shoulder of the road and hit a tree.

Kafley was fatally injured. Daniels was not injured.