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Crash involving Chicago fire truck shuts down lanes on Eisenhower Expressway

A three-vehicle crash involving a Chicago fire truck shut down lanes on the Eisenhower Expressway early Saturday morning. 

Illinois State Police said a Chicago Fire Department truck was on the shoulder of the roadway in the eastbound lanes at California Avenue just before 2 a.m. assisting with a previous incident when a white Lexus hit the front of the truck. Police said the Lexus also struck a white Toyota. 

One person was taken to a local hospital with injuries, State police said. 

The cause of the crash is unknown at this time. 

A lanes reopened. 

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