FRANKLIN COUNTY, Ill. (WJPF) — Two people are recovering in a St. Louis hospital after a crash on Interstate 57 in Franklin County.

It happened just after 10:00 PM Monday in the northbound lanes near milepost 75.

State Police say that Scott Henry, of Mounds City, was northbound when he swerved to miss a deer in the road. Henry crossed the center line and sideswiped the rear of a tractor trailer.

Henry and a passenger in the car suffered major, but non-life threatening injuries