JOHNSTON CITY – A Millstadt, Illinois, man escaped injury in a one-vehicle crash on southbound I-57 near Johnston City around 4:30 Monday afternoon.

According to Illinois State Police, 60-year-old David Gruenewald was driving south in the right lane when the front passenger tire blew on his pickup truck.

The blowout caused him to lose control and run off the right side of the interstate, down a steep embankment crashing into shrubs and trees at the bottom of the embankment.

ISP says no further information is available.