Trooper hurt after crash on Bishop Ford Freeway, state police say
The trooper was taken to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
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The trooper was taken to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Crews shut down all lanes on the southbound side while they worked to get it under control.
State police said the driver was ejected from the vehicle and was pronounced dead.
The crash happened in the southbound lanes of I-94 at 115th Street.
A 17-year-old boy from Lynwood has been charged with first-degree murder.
The shooting happened a month ago on the Bishop Ford Freeway near 170th Street.
Andrew Santana, 24, of Gary, Indiana, has been charged with one count of aggravated discharge of a firearm.
Several Illinois State Police SUVs could be seen surrounding a car on the shoulder of the Bishop Ford near 154th in Dolton.
Several Illinois State Police SUVs could be seen surrounding a car on the shoulder of the Bishop Ford near 154th in Dolton.
Myles M. Stanford, 36, of Lynwood, Illinois, was arrested and charged with one count of first-degree murder and one count of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon by a felon.
It happened Wednesday afternoon, just after 3:00.
Illinois State Police were called to the northbound Bishop Ford Freeway near 170th Street for a rollover crash, and found the man who had crashed had been shot.
The northbound lanes of I-94 were closed after the deadly shooting.
The crash killed 58-year-old Rosia Evans, of Dolton.
The container was blocking all of the southbound lanes on the expressway. A pickup truck struck the shipping container, but no injuries were reported.
Police said, around 4:15 p.m., troopers responded to the Bishop Ford at 115th Street for a report of an expressway shooting.
Illinois State Police confirmed all inbound lanes of the Bishop Ford were blocked at 159th Street around 9:30 a.m.
The trooper was inside at the time of the crash but refused medical attention.
We know shots were fired along the busy Bishop Ford – sending multiple people to the hospital.
We know shots were fired along the busy Bishop Ford – sending multiple people to the hospital. CBS 2's Jermont Terry reports.
Illinois State Police said a driver went off the road and onto the shoulder. They hit the worker's truck and another vehicle.
A semi hit three IDOT maintenance trucks on the inbound Bishop Ford near 130th Street.
A semi hit three IDOT maintenance trucks on the inbound Bishop Ford Freeway near 130th Street.
No one else was injured.
A wrong-way driver was to blame for the crash, Illinois State Police say.
