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One dead after car drives off Bishop Ford Freeway, rolls over and crashes through fence

CHICAGO (CBS) -- One person is dead after a Chevrolet Corvette left the roadway and crashed through a fence Tuesday morning along the Bishop Ford Freeway.

Illinois State Police said, shortly before 2 a.m., a vehicle drove off the southbound lanes of the Bishop Ford near 115th Street, rolled over, and crashed through a fence. The vehicle, a yellow Corvette, came to a stop in a private lot near Doty and Kensington Avenues.

Police said one person was taken to the hospital, and was pronounced dead.

The cause of the crash is under investigation.

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