All lanes of northbound I-57 at Sauk Trail back open after semi rollover crash
CBS Skywatch was over the scene Tuesday afternoon as crews from Illinois State Police worked to clean up the mess.
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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.
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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.
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