Crash shuts down inbound I-57 on Chicago's South Side

Multivehicle crash snags I-57 on Chicago's South Side

A multi-vehicle crash involving a semi-trailer truck shut down Interstate 57 on Chicago's South Side early Tuesday.

The crash happened at 7:55 a.m. on inbound I-57 toward the Dan Ryan Expressway, near Halsted Street, Illinois State Police said.

Several vehicles were involved, including a semi-trailer truck, state police said.

All lanes on inbound I-57 were shut down after the crash from 119th Street to the merge with the Dan Ryan. By 9:30 a.m., two left lanes had reopened.

A semi cab without a trailer was spotted on the shoulder of the expressway with several vehicles, some of them heavily damaged.

Further details were not immediately released.

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