GALENA, Illinois (KCRG) - The Jo Daviess County Sheriff’s Office says a Wisconsin man is death after a crash Thursday evening in Galena, Illinois.

According to a press release, dispatchers received a report of a multi-vehicle crash on Highway 20 near Oldenburg Lane at 8:17 p.m.

At the scene, deputies found a Chrysler PT Cruiser in the a ditch and a Rivian blocking both lanes of traffic.

Investigators determined that the Chysler, driven by Aleksandr Avanesov of Benton, Wisconsin, had crossed the center line into the east bound lane before colliding with the Rivian.

The sheriff’s office says the collision caused heavy front end damage to the driver side of Avanesov’s vehicle. Avanesov was taken to a hospital in Galena where he was pronounced dead.

The driver and a passenger in the Rivia

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