UNION COUNTY — A 12-year-old boy died in a semi rollover over crash Thursday on southbound Interstate 57 near Dongola.

Illinois State Police say the semi, driven by 34-year-old Robert James Peterson of Killeen, Texas, was driving south on I-57 near milepost 23 when the semi exited the interstate to the right striking a ditch. The semi then overturned onto the driver’s side before coming to rest.

The driver was restrained and entrapped in the semi. The boy was a passenger in the semi and was ejected from the vehicle. He sustained fatal injuries.

Peterson was extracted from the vehicle and flown to an out of state hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

I-57 was shut down for six hours for crash cleanup and investigation.