Redown Milam, 36, dead after two semi-trucks crash on Interstate 55 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri

Modified Date: 
Thu, 02/23/2023 - 7:20pm
Accident Date: 
Wednesday, February 22, 2023

NB I-55 open, SB lanes blocked at 93 MM after deadly crash

Northbound Interstate 55 at the 93 mile marker is now open after deadly crash Wednesday afternoon. Southbound traffic remains diverted at the 96 mile marker.

Passenger killed, two drivers injured in Cape Girardeau semitrailer crash

Police say the semitrailer's cabin came to a stop in the inner passing lane of I-55 southbound. That's when a southbound 2016 white Mack CXU truck, also pulling an empty trailer, crashed into the crashed semi's cabin. 

People Involved: 
Redown Milam
Blaine Milam
Eric Leake
Roadway: 
Interstate 55