Semi-truck crashes into Jackie Joyner-Kersee Foundation wrestling center

EAST ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) -A semi truck crashed through a fence and slammed into the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Foundation’s wrestling center early Monday morning, with surveillance video showing the driver running the scene.

The incident occurred around 4 a.m. when an unidentified driver was seen on video flying down Lynch Avenue at high speed. The truck’s hood flew open during the drive, and the driver narrowly missed running into a train.

The driver then reversed the semi, smashing through a fence and hitting the wrestling facility, which opened earlier this year…

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