Fulton man, 71, dies Sunday in collision with semi on Route 30 bridge

A 71-year-old Fulton man was killed Sunday afternoon when his pickup struck a semi tractor-trailer nearly head on on the U.S. Route 30 bridge over the Mississippi, the Whiteside County Sheriff’s Department said in a news release.

Thomas M. Gramer was westbound heading into Clinton, Iowa, around 2:30 p.m. when his truck crossed the center line and struck the eastbound semi, driven by Joel A. Blottenberger, 45 of Dixon.

Gramer died at the scene. Blottenberger and his passenger, Heather A. Selden, 49, of Dixon, were not injured, the release said.

The crash remains under investigation.