One person has died after a crash yesterday afternoon on I-24 in Massac County.

It happened about 4:30 near Mile Post 32. Authorities say a vehicle carrying six people ran off into the center median, hit a bridge deck, then traveled down an embankment into a ravine.

The driver and two passengers were airlifted with life threatening injuries. Two other passengers were taken to hospitals with non life threatening injuries.

Police said no one in the vehicle was wearing a seat belt.