Car hits pedestrian on I-57, southbound lanes shut down
Following the crash, southbound I-57 was closed and all traffic was being directed to get off at 111th Street.
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Following the crash, southbound I-57 was closed and all traffic was being directed to get off at 111th Street.
A car hit a pedestrian on Interstate 57 early Sunday morning and shut down the southbound lanes in Chicago's Morgan Park neighborhood.
The crash happened shortly after 4 a.m. near Vollmer Road in Matteson.
All southbound lanes of I-57 were closed after the crash Sunday morning.
Another person was taken to an area hospital with unknown injuries.
The trooper and the other driver both were taken to the hospital to be treated for injuries.
CBS Skywatch was over the scene Tuesday afternoon as crews from Illinois State Police worked to clean up the mess.
Information about the trooper's condition, and about whether there were any arrests or citations, was not immediately available.
Information about the trooper’s condition, and about whether there were any arrests or citations, was not immediately available.
All northbound lanes reopened before 9:30 a.m., after being closed for hours during the morning rush.
All northbound lanes are closed on I-57 after a pedestrian was hit by a vehicle near 127th Street in south suburban Calumet Park on Tuesday morning.
Jermont Terry talked with one woman who had to be rescued by the fire department in Dolton after a road was left flooded, while Sabrina Franza has an update from the Mobile Weather Lab on I-57 near Kankakee.
Further details about the crash were not immediately available.
A driver and passenger died at the scene of the crash.
The northbound side of I-57 was shut down near the scene.
It's unclear what led to both crashes and the identities of the victims were not released.
It is unclear what led to the crashes. State police said that both remain under investigation.
State police confirmed the crash was fatal, and a medical helicopter was called to the scene.
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.
