A two-vehicle crash on I-90 in the Town of Evans early Sunday claimed the life of a Buffalo man. Troopers from the State Police Troop T barracks in Buffalo and Dunkirk responded to the scene in the eastbound lanes shortly after 4:30 AM. A preliminary investigation found that 33-year-old Andre Akin was traveling in the passing lane when his sedan drifted into the driving lane and collided with a tractor-trailer driven by 28-year-old Dru Monte Chism of Belleville, Illinois. As a result, both vehicles struck a guiderail. The tractor-trailer partially sheared off the guiderail, which then impaled the sedan. Troopers say Akin was pronounced dead at the scene, while Chism -- who showed no signs of impairment -- was transported to ECMC with minor injuries. The eastbound lanes of I-90 were closed for several hours while investigators conducted a collision reconstruction, with traffic diverted at Exit 57A.
