Man Found Dead In Apparent Hit-And-Run On West Side Near Eisenhower Expressway
A man was found dead in the street in the Austin neighborhood early Wednesday morning, and police believe he was the victim of a hit-and-run crash.
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A man was found dead in the street in the Austin neighborhood early Wednesday morning, and police believe he was the victim of a hit-and-run crash.
Rush hour is getting worse on the Eisenhower due to a long-term construction project.
It'll be at I-290 near Irving Park Road (Illinois 19) and the closures will begin Tuesday night. It'll start around 7:00 p.m. and end at 5:00 a.m.
Expressway shootings are common in Chicago, with more than a dozen reported so far this year—the latest on Sunday night.
Two people were shot while driving on the Eisenhower Expressway late Thursday night near Maywood.
According to an Illinois Department of Transportation spokesman, the unsightly spots of garbage may get worse before they get better.
A driver was killed Monday afternoon after a single-vehicle crash on the Eisenhower Expressway at the eastbound Cicero ramp, according to Illinois State Police.
An off-duty Chicago police officer was critically injured in a crash on the Eisenhower Expressway late Sunday night.
A teenager was critically wounded when he was shot on the Eisenhower Expressway early Wednesday morning.
Police arrested two robbery suspects Wednesday morning, after officers chased them across the CTA Blue Line tracks on the Eisenhower Expressway.
The Eisenhower Expressway was shut down for a time early Sunday morning after a crash involving several cars injured six people.
"You don't hit that many people and keep going like you don't care."
One person was killed and at least four others were injured. It happened around 4:45 Sunday morning.
The outbound Eisenhower Expressway was shut down for nearly four hours overnight in the West Garfield Park neighborhood, after a shooting Thursday night.
Three semi-trailer trucks and four passenger vehicles were involved in a pileup around 2 p.m. Thursday in the inbound lanes of Interstate 290 near St. Charles Road.
Three semi-trailer trucks and four passenger vehicles crashed near St. Charles Road around 2 p.m., blocking the inbound lanes.
Four people, including a juvenile suspect, were in custody.
The closures are necessary to switch traffic onto new pavement on the westbound Eisenhower from the Congress Viaduct to Halsted Street.
Inbound Congress will be reduced to a single lane between Halsted and Canal streets starting at 11 p.m. Friday, according to the Illinois Department of Transportation. The inbound lanes of Congress will be fully closed from 1-6 a.m. Saturday.
A man was shot late Sunday on the Eisenhower Expressway near west suburban Hillside.
Police were notified of shots fired about 3:45 a.m. in the inbound lanes of I-290 near Racine, according to Illinois State Police.
The suspects crashed on I-290 near Ashland Avenue as they were being pursued by Chicago Police in connection with several carjackings.
The state does not have the $2.7 billion needed to make the project a reality, including coming up with a final design.
Two men have been charged with murder in connection with a fatal shooting on the Eisenhower Expressway last year.
