Carlyle man driving wrong way killed in fiery crash near SIUE - Belleville News-Democrat
A state trooper used his patrol car as a wedge to save the life of a motorist after a fiery car crash Monday night on Interstate 255 near Edwardsville. At about 10:21 p. m. Monday, a 1993 Ford Ranger was traveling northbound in the southbound lanes of Interstate 255 and collided head-on with a 2005 Cadillac STS, driven by Ralph Bishop, 61, of Pocahontas. “When a witness arrived on the scene, the Ford Ranger was fully engulfed in flame,” said Trooper Scott Becker with the Illinois State Police. State police, Pontoon Beach Police and Madison County Sheriff’s deputies soon arrived, but they faced a problem: the front end of the Ford Ranger was jammed against the driver’s side door of the Cadillac, and the intense heat was beginning to melt... So Trooper Joshua Korando backed his patrol car up to the Cadillac and used it like a wedge, shoving the Cadillac away from the Ford Ranger. “If he hadn’t done that, there’s a good chance (Bishop) would be dead,” Becker said. The driver of the Ford Ranger was Max Davis, 24, of Carlyle, who was declared dead at the scene. Bishop was flown to a St. Louis-area hospital, and his condition was not immediately available. Source: www.bnd.com
