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The crash, which is under investigation by the National Transportation Board and Illinois State Police, also injured more than a dozen people.
It happened around 1:55 a.m., and involved three commercial motor vehicles on the westbound side of the highway in Madison County, Illinois State Police said.
In the wake of Vasquez-Rodriguez's passing, a fundraiser has been created to help transport his body back to his native Peru. As of Friday, July 14, more than $1,400 has been raised.
Vasquez-Rodriguez left Peru to provide for a better life for his family, Gabriela Benitez, who organized the fundraiser said.
"There are no words to comfort at a time like this and that is why financial aid would help them alleviate their great sorrow a little," Benitez wrote in Spanish.
To view the fundraiser, click here.
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