By ZEINAB NAJM
Times-Herald Newspapers
DEARBORN — Maher Qaid-Hassan Adam, 38, of Dearborn died in a single-vehicle crash while driving a semi-truck on eastbound I-70 in Illinois Oct. 30.
The crash occurred at 10:30 a.m. three miles west of Effingham near mile marker 88. According to Illinois State Police, Adam left the south side of the road and traveled down an embankment, striking a ditch and coming to rest in a tree line.
Adam was taken to HSHS St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital by Abbott emergency medical services where he was pronounced dead.
The cause of the crash is under investigation.
(Zeinab Najm can be reached at [email protected])