2 shootings reported within hour of each other on northbound I-57
Illinois State Police said there have been 79 shootings on Chicago area expressways so far this year, down from last year, when there were 129 expressway shootings in all of 2023.
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Illinois State Police said there have been 79 shootings on Chicago area expressways so far this year, down from last year, when there were 129 expressway shootings in all of 2023.
The start of Thanksgiving turned violent on the expressway with two separate shootings in the early morning. Shardaa Gray reports.
Both shootings happened within an hour of each other Thursday morning between 1:30 and 2:30 a.m.
Police said the crash happened around 10:20 a.m. in the northbound lanes of I-47 near 108th Street.
The victims were headed north on I-57 near 116th in February 2023 when a gunman opened fire. Two teens and a two-year-old child were killed. Twenty-year-old Sean Richardson was arrested Monday.
Sean Richardson, 20, was charged with three counts of first-degree murder and three counts of attempted first-degree murder.
Two children were reported in serious-to-critical condition, and a third in "grave" condition. State police said one of the children died.
The crash happened on I-57 inbound near 107th Street, about a mile and a half south of the split from the Dan Ryan Expressway.
Major storms Tuesday afternoon flooded I-57 on the Far South Side and ripped down trees in Northwest Indiana.
Northbound I-57 was backed up from Halsted Street all the way to 127th Street due to the flooding Tuesday afternoon. CBS 2’s Jermont Terry reports.
Illinois State Police said two passengers were killed when Isaac Espejel crashed into a concrete median barrier on I-57 while speeding and driving under the influence.
Twenty-three-year-old Isaac Espejel is charged with reckless homicide and drunk driving. He was the only survivor in the crash that killed two passengers.
All lanes of northbound Interstate 57 were blocked on Tuesday morning at Sibley Boulevard.
Mikyael J. Harris, 25, of Chicago was charged with aggravated discharge of a firearm.
The 29-year-old driver of the Nissan was cited for violating "Scott's Law," which is the improper passing of a stationary emergency vehicle and failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident.
The was taken to an area hospital with injuries in unknown condition. no other injuries were reported.
The roadway was back open by just after 8 p.m.
As of 5:15 p.m., northbound I-57 was closed at the scene – and all traffic was being forced off at 127th Street. Kris Habermehl reports from Chopper 2.
Illinois State Police around 1:36 a.m., troopers responded to a single-car crash on northbound I-57 at 107th Street.
A big road construction project has been completed on the city's South Side and in the south suburbs.
A big road construction project has been completed on the city's South Side and in the south suburbs. The more than $82 million Interstate 57 improvement project stretched from the city all the way to Manteno.
Benigno Ramirez-Moreno, 39, of Chicago, was placed into custody for attempted murder.
Troopers responded to a two-vehicle crash on I-57 near 175th Street where one of the cars went off the roadway and into the ditch.
Illinois State Police said around 1:30 Monday morning, Alvaro Reyes was driving a Toyota near Halsted, when he hit a Prius.
ISP said at least three bullet holes were found inside a car.
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