2 dead, 1 injured in I-57 crash
It's not clear what caused the crash.
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It's not clear what caused the crash.
One person was injured in the incident. Illinois State Police are investigating the crash.
All lanes of northbound Interstate 57 were blocked on Tuesday morning at Sibley Boulevard.
Southbound lanes of I-55 near Cicero were closed while crews responded to the fatal crash.
Chicago police say around 11:18 p.m., a black sedan was traveling eastbound in the 7900 block of South Pulaski Road when it made a left turn and struck a Dodge SUV.
The driver, identified as a 79-year-old man from Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, was found dead inside.
Two others have been taken to area hospitals for potentially life-threatening injuries.
Illinois State Police confirmed two vehicles crashed shortly after 11 a.m. near the southbound Kennedy Expressway ramp to the Eisenhower Expressway.
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