1 killed, 2 critically injured in wrong-way crash on Dan Ryan Expressway

One person was killed and two others were critically injured when a wrong-way driver crashed into several other vehicles on Friday evening on the Dan Ryan Expressway on the South Side of Chicago.

Illinois State Police said, shortly after 5:45 p.m., troopers responded to a fatal crash involving five vehicles in the northbound express lanes of the Dan Ryan near Garfield Boulevard.

A preliminary investigation determined a driver entered the northbound lanes headed south near 31st Street, causing multiple crashes near Garfield.

The Chicago Fire Department said one person was pronounced dead at the scene. Two others were taken to the hospital in critical condition.

All northbound traffic on the Dan Ryan was being diverted off the expressway at 67th Street in both the local and express lanes for several hours after the crash.