EFFINGHAM, Ill. (WAND) – A Springfield man is dead following a high-speed crash on Interstate 57 outside Effingham early Wednesday morning.

The Effingham County Sheriff’s Office and Illinois State Police responded just after midnight Wednesday to a crash on I-57, about eight miles south of Effingham.

Police arrived to find a man, identified by the Effingham County Coroner as 50-year-old David Vorties, trapped and unresponsive in his vehicle.

Vorties was pronounced dead at the scene.

According to the coroner’s office, Vorties was said to be traveling southbound when he lost control while exiting at the Watson-Mason ramp and hit a tree.

The crash remains under investigation.