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Jeep hits Chicago fire truck at scene of earlier rollover crash on Eisenhower Expressway

Jeep hits CFD vehicle responding to rollover crash on Eisenhower Expressway
Jeep hits CFD vehicle responding to rollover crash on Eisenhower Expressway 00:34

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A rollover crash overnight on the Eisenhower Expressway led to a second collision involving a Chicago fire truck.

Illinois State Police said, shortly after 4 a.m., a car was heading the wrong way in the inbound lanes of Interstate 290 at Kostner Avenue, when it hit a concrete dividing barrier, and landed on the CTA tracks in the middle of the expressway.

The driver and passenger were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

As police and firefighters were on the scene of the crash, a black Jeep hit three other vehicles, including a Chicago Fire Department fire truck that was helping to block traffic, and had its emergency lights activated.

The driver of the Jeep was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.

No firefighters were hurt.

The two crashes were under investigation.

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