Man charged in I-80/94 hit-and-run that killed driver changing tire
A Palatine man is charged with reckless homicide for a hit-and-run on I-80/94 in June that killed a driver who was changing a tire.
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A Palatine man is charged with reckless homicide for a hit-and-run on I-80/94 in June that killed a driver who was changing a tire.
A driver was hit and killed in a crash on I-80/94 in south suburban Lansing, Illinois, on Wednesday morning.
One person was dead, and all lanes of westbound Interstate 80 were blocked near Joliet around midday on Monday, after a wrong-way crash involving a car and a semi-trailer truck.
The Illinois Department of Transportation is closing nearly all ramps at the I-80/Chicago Street interchange in Joliet until 2028 as part of their long-term renovation project along that highway.
Lanes reopened on I-80 at I-55 after a crash involving five vehicles, including semi trucks, near Joliet on Thursday morning.
All eastbound lanes are closed on I-80 at I-55 after a crash involving five vehicles near Joliet on Thursday morning.
All eastbound lanes are closed on I-80 at I-55 after a crash involving five vehicles near Joliet on Thursday morning. Video from the scene shows a semi truck jackknifed into a barrier on the expressway.
According to ISP, the vehicle hit a concrete barrier in a construction zone.
Two eastbound lanes of Interstate 80 were blocked just south of Tinley Park, Illinois, early Sunday after a semi-trailer truck rolled over.
A semi rolled over on I-80 near the Harlem exit, blocking the shoulder and two lanes of traffic overnight. it was also carrying some 45,000 pounds of pet food, much of that spilled in the accident.
The right lane on westbound Interstate 80 through Joliet will be closed for the evening rush on Wednesday, the Illinois Department of Transportation announced.
The Borman Expressway (I-80/94) in Northwest Indiana was jammed early Wednesday morning on account of two crashes involving semi-trailer trucks, one of which left at least one person dead.
A semi truck rollover crash is causing delays on I-80 on Friday morning. All lanes are closed and traffic is getting through on the right shoulder at LaGrange Road.
A deer on the roadway led to a multi-vehicle crash on eastbound I-80 in Will County early Thursday morning.
Illinois State Police said a car hit a deer on the roadway near Wolf Road just before 5:40 a.m. State police said that the car was then hit by four other vehicles.
Video from the scene showed a mangled and burned husk of a car off the road near a support column for a bridge.
State police said the produce spill is blocking all eastbound lanes of traffic.
A semi truck carrying 42,000 pounds of produce rolled over on I-80 early Friday morning. State police said the produce spill is blocking all eastbound lanes of traffic.
The drivers of two semi trucks were injured when they crashed on I-80 in Grundy County on Monday morning.
According to Illinois State Police, one semi truck was jackknifed, and the other semi truck is blocking all westbound lanes at milepost 113 near the Route 47 exit.
The driver of one car in the crash was pronounced dead on the scene, while the driver of another was taken to an area hospital with unspecified injuries.
No injuries were reported, but traffic was moving only in the left lane of eastbound I-80 after the crash, Illinois State Police said.
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Lenier Clayton was only 30 years old with so much more life left to live and love to give, his mother said.
Lenier Clayton, who was shot and killed on the interstate southwest of Chicago, was only 30 years old with so much more life left to live and love to give, his mother said. Jermont Terry reports.
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