Crash shuts down inbound 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.