2 crashes cause slow down on I-294
No injuries were reported after two separate crashes were reported on I-294.
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No injuries were reported after two separate crashes were reported on I-294.
The fire happened after a two-vehicle crash on the top of the bridge just past the point at which the Tri-State (I-294) crosses La Grange Road. Kris Habermehl reports from CBS Skywatch.
According to Illinois State Police, a commercial semi truck lost control and rolled over on the southbound ramp to I-290 just after 4 a.m. The semi truck was hauling cheese at the time of the crash.
According to Illinois State Police, a car was driving southbound in the northbound lanes and hit another car near Golf Road just before 2 a.m.
The crash happened Sunday morning on the Tri-State Tollway near Ogden Avenue.
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From the Mobile Weather Lab, Noel Brennan came across an accident involving a car and a semi-trailer truck on the Tri-State Tollway amid the snow.
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It is unclear how many people were killed or what caused the crash.
More than a dozen vehicles were involved.
Photos from the scene showed a white car, a Chevrolet pickup truck, and at least two semi-trailer trucks were among the vehicles involved in the pileup near Cicero Avenue in Alsip.
Video from the scene showed the truck—cab, trailer, and all—engulfed in a raging inferno.
Crews put out the flames at the crash site on the Tri-State between Crawford and Kedzie avenues in Alsip.
Illinois state police and local fire crews were on the scene. Three lanes were blocked.
One vehicle was reduced to what looked like a pile of shrapnel in the crash on the Tri-State Tollway near Golf Road. CBS 2's Kris Habermehl reports.
The crash happened on the Tri-State Tollway near Golf Road, and one vehicle was left looking like a pile of shrapnel. CBS 2's Kris Habermehl reports.
The crash happened on the southbound Tri-State Tollway at Golf Road.
The driver of the passenger vehicle was taken to an area hospital with unknown injuries.
The shots were reported at 4:01 p.m. on southbound I-294 near the 88th Avenue overpass in Justice.
CBS 2's Charlie De Mar talked with a driver who was caught in the horror on 294 in Willow Springs. Fortunately, no one was hurt.
CBS 2's Kris Habermel reports all northbound lanes of I-294 near Willow Springs are closed until the area is cleared.
CBS 2's Kris Habermehl reports one of the vehicles was an 18-wheeler car carrier and the massive flames came from the gasoline in the cars being carried.
The fire is on I-294 on the Tri_State tollway Mile Long Bridge.
The driver and one other passenger escaped with minor injuries.
The driver and one other passenger escaped with minor injuries. Read more
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