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Wrong-way driver hurt in multi-car crash on Chicago expressway

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CHICAGO (CBS) – One person was hurt after a wrong-way crash on the Stevenson Expressway Sunday morning.

Illinois State Police said just before 3 a.m., troopers responded to a three-vehicle crash with injury on southbound I-55 north of Harlem Avenue.  

Preliminary information revealed a car was traveling northbound in the southbound lanes of traffic when it struck a tow truck – causing it to strike a third car.

The driver of the first car was taken to a local area hospital with injuries in unknown condition.

No further information was available. 

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