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Police are crediting license plate readers and a Chicago Police Department helicopter with helping officers catch a woman who led them on a high-speed chase along the Dan Ryan and Eisenhower expressways on Thursday.
The car was wanted for fleeing and eluding out of west suburban Oak Brook.
A driver led police on a chase down the Eisenhower and Dan Ryan expressways during the evening rush Thursday. Marissa Sulek reports.
Police started following the car on the Eisenhower Expressway on Chicago’s West Side and ended up on the Dan Ryan on the city's South Side.
Saul A. Alba, 42, of Carpentersville, is facing multiple aggravated DUI charges, including being under the influence of alcohol involving death and driving on a revoked driver's license, among other traffic offenses.
It happened around 4:17 a.m. on the eastbound lanes of I-290 and Wolf Road in Hillside.
Berkely fire officials did not say how long the lanes will be closed but did say the crash was significant.
The salt that the dump truck had been hauling ended up spilling off the Eisenhower Extension overpass onto Route 83 below, state police said.
The truck spilled the salt onto Route 83 below the overpass where it crashed Wednesday afternoon. This is raw video from CBS Skywatch.
Both the eastbound and westbound Eisenhower were shut down between 25th Avenue and Mannheim Road, Illinois State police said.
Both the eastbound and westbound Eisenhower were shut down between 25th Avenue and Mannheim Road, state police said.
The crash happened in the inbound lanes of I-290 near Morgan Street around 4 a.m.
The crash happened in the inbound lanes of I-290 near Morgan Street around 4 a.m.
Only minor injuries were reported, and no firefighters were hurt.
As emergency crews were working a rollover crash, a driver in a black jeep hit three vehicles, including one from the Chicago Fire Department, state police said.
It is unclear if slick road conditions caused the crash or if anyone was hurt.
Police said a vehicle was headed west in the eastbound lanes of I-290 near Wood Dale Road, when the driver hit another vehicle.
A vehicle was struck by gunfire on I-290 near Elmhurst, but no injuries have been reported.
Motorists at a ramp from the Eisenhower to the Dan Ryan could not get on or off, and some truck drivers were stuck for more than two and a half hours.
A truck crash caused the spill on the Eisenhower in the area of the Jane Byrne Interchange.
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