Man found dead in train tunnel near Eisenhower Expressway: CPD
The victim, whose age was not released, was found in a train tunnel unresponsive and lying on the tracks, Chicago police said.
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The victim, whose age was not released, was found in a train tunnel unresponsive and lying on the tracks, Chicago police said.
A shooting investigation led to the brief overnight closure of the outbound lanes of the Eisenhower Expressway on Chicago's West Side early Tuesday.
A shooting investigation led to the brief overnight closure of the outbound lanes of the Eisenhower Expressway on Chicago’s West Side early Tuesday.
A lanes reopened on I-290 after a shooting investigation on Tuesday morning.
One person was killed in a three-vehicle crash on the Eisenhower Expressway in Chicago's western suburbs early Sunday.
A truck was left hanging on the edge of an Eisenhower Expressway bridge in Elmhurst, Illinois, causing significant closures on Thursday morning.
A truck hanging on the edge of an Eisenhower Expressway bridge in Elmhurst, Illinois, caused significant closures on Thursday morning.
A truck hanging on the edge of an Eisenhower Expressway bridge in Elmhurst, Illinois, is causing significant closures on Thursday morning.
According to Elmhurst police, eastbound lanes are closed as crews respond to the area over Vallette Street and Electric Avenue, where the 18-wheel semi-truck loaded with plastic is hanging on its side.
A truck hanging on the edge of a bridge over I-290 in Elmhurst, Illinois, is causing significant closures on Thursday morning.
Traffic was disrupted early Monday after the cab of a semi-trailer truck caught fire right off the Eisenhower Expressway on Chicago's West Side.
Two people were killed early Sunday when the car in which they were traveling crashed into a support column under the Eisenhower Expressway on the Near West Side and caught fire.
All but one outbound lane of the Eisenhower Expressway are shut down between 25th Avenue and Mannheim Road after a rollover crash involving a box truck.
Parts of the Eisenhower Expressway in Chicago's western suburbs were closed early Sunday morning because of a deadly multi-vehicle crash.
Illinois State Police did not release how many people were hurt or the severity of those injuries.
Children were among the three people killed in a fiery crash on I-290 on Wednesday night.
The cause of the crash is under investigation.
State police said no injuries were reported. They did not provide further details about the crash.
Illinois State Police said at 7:31 p.m., troopers were called for shots fired on the inbound Eisenhower at 25th Avenue in Broadview.
The truck was hauling 10 pounds of load on southbound Route 83 in the locals in Elmhurst. It is not clear what exactly the truck was hauling.
The crash happened just before midnight on eastbound I-290 at Racine Avenue.
The car was wanted for fleeing and eluding out of west suburban Oak Brook.
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 salt that the dump truck had been hauling ended up spilling off the Eisenhower Extension overpass onto Route 83 below, state police said.
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