Browning man killed in Friday crash near Monmouth

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Illinois State Police say a Browning truck driver was killed yesterday in a single vehicle crash just outside of Monmouth on U.S. Route 67.

Forty-four-year-old Blake C. Westlake was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after authorities arrived around 11:50 a.m. 

Westlake was heading northbound on 67 when his semi left the roadway, traveled up an embankment and struck a tree head-on at 225th Avenue.

Police say the trailer overturned on its side blocking the roadway for about four hours. 

Westlake was not wearing his seat belt in that crash. 

The Warren County Sheriff’s Department, Monmouth Police and other emergency personnel all responded.

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