Dump truck driver killed in interstate crash is from Fairview Heights, coroner says

The 65-year-old dump truck driver who died in an accident on Interstate 255 Monday was a Fairview Heights resident.

Darnell Belt lived in the 6200 block of Old Collinsville Road, St. Clair County Coroner Calvin Dye Sr. said Friday. Belt was pronounced dead at the scene at 11:38 a.m., Dye said.

According to preliminary information from the Illinois State Police, Belt was driving a dump truck south on I-255 when his truck struck a guardrail at milepost 19 about 10:55 a.m.

Belt was alone in the dump truck when it crashed. The accident shut down part of the interstate for about 3.5 hours.

No further information was released.