ALEXANDER COUNTY, Ill. (WJPF) — One person is dead after a two vehicle crash in Alexander County.

It happened around 2:40 p.m. Tuesday on State Route 127 just south of Elco.

According to Illinois State Police, 65-year-old James Bruenderman of Charleston, Missouri was driving a Dodge truck that crossed the centerline, hitting a tractor trailer head-on.

Bruenderman was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the tractor trailer, 34-year-old David Berry of Willisville, was not hurt.