Man struck, killed by car while walking away from crash on Bishop Ford Freeway
Illinois State Police say just after 5 a.m. he walked away from a crash just south of 111th and was hit by a car.
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Illinois State Police say just after 5 a.m. he walked away from a crash just south of 111th and was hit by a car.
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Illinois State Police, the Illinois Department of Transportation, and the Chicago Fire Department were at the scene.
There were initial reports that a gunman had opened fire, but it later turned out that may not have been true.
Illinois State Police, the Illinois Department of Transportation, and the Chicago Fire Department were at the scene. Kris Habermehl reports from Chopper 2.
Illinois State Police said the pedestrian was hit by a car in the southbound lanes of the Bishop Ford near Sibley Boulevard around 3:40 a.m.
The vehicle, a yellow Corvette, came to a stop in a private lot near Doty and Kensington Avenues.
Gunfire was reported on the Bishop Ford Freeway in the south suburbs Monday afternoon, but no one was injured.
Illinois state police responded to an expressway shooting on the Bishop Ford ramp Friday just before midnight.
The 73-year-old woman driving the car that hit the trooper's vehicle has been charged with violating Scott's Law, also known as the "Move Over Law."
No one was injured in the shooting, but the victim's vehicle might have been damaged by a bullet.
The southbound Bishop Ford Freeway was shut down late Wednesday because of a shooting near 159th Street.
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At least two people were injured in a shooting on the Bishop Ford Freeway Sunday night.
A Dolton police officer was involved in an incident in which shots were fired on the Bishop Ford Freeway Wednesday evening.
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A car that was reported carjacked in Chicago ended up crashing after being pursued by Illinois State Police on the Bishop Ford Freeway in the southern suburbs Saturday evening.
Lanes on the northbound Bishop Ford Freeway were expected to be shut down for two hours Thursday afternoon after a semi-trailer truck spilled 19,000 pounds of gravel.
Police were investigating Wednesday after a man said he was shot on the Bishop Ford Freeway in the south suburbs the day before.
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The Bishop Ford Freeway was shut down in the south suburbs late Sunday, as a man barricaded himself in a mobile home after police said he shot another man, and then fired at officers.
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