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Poplar Bluff man injured after semi overturns in Alexander County

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ALEXANDER COUNTY, IL (KFVS) -

A Poplar Bluff man was injured in a truck tractor semi-trailer crash early Tuesday morning on Interstate 57 in Alexander County.

Illinois State Police say it happened at 2:40 a.m. with the combination vehicles was trying to exit I-57 at milepost one.  The semi overturned on the curve.

Wayne O. Brown, 74, of Poplar Bluff was taken to Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau with non-life threatening injuries by Pulaski County EMS.

Brown was wearing his seatbelt.

No citations were issued.

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