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Man hit by truck on Tri-State Tollway in Gurnee amid winter storm

One person injured in truck crash on Tri-State Tollway in Gurnee
One person injured in truck crash on Tri-State Tollway in Gurnee 01:09

GURNEE, Ill. (CBS) -- A truck hit a man out on the roadway on the Tri-State Tollway in Gurnee amid the winter storm Thursday afternoon.

In the late afternoon, Illinois State Police were called to southbound I-94 near Washington Street in Gurnee. The accident scene is at the southwest corner of where Six Flags Great America is located.

State police said a pedestrian had been driving earlier and had been involved in a two-vehicle crash. He was out of his car when a semi-trailer truck hit him.

The man was taken an area hospital with unspecified injuries.

Two lanes of the southbound Tri-State were closed at the scene for an investigation.

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