Multiple vehicles involved in I-294 crash
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.
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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.
More than a dozen vehicles were involved.
Crews put out the flames at the crash site on the Tri-State between Crawford and Kedzie avenues in Alsip.
Video from the scene showed the truck—cab, trailer, and all—engulfed in a raging inferno.
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.
Illinois state police and local fire crews were on the scene. Three lanes were blocked.
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. Read more
The driver and one other passenger escaped with minor injuries.
Illinois State Police say the driver of the semi was unable to stop and struck a Nissan in the rear.
Another car was involved in the accident, but that driver was not hurt.
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According to ISP, three vehicles crashed on I-294 near mile post 50.5 in Cook County.
An unmarked police car was also rammed by a semi-trailer truck at the scene.
The rig caught fire, but the driver got out and was not hurt.
Lanes are closed on I-294 Tuesday morning after a truck tractor struck a construction wall.
All southbound lanes are closed on I-294 near 75th Street after a crash involving two semi trucks.
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