Semi-truck rolls over, spills pet food on I-80 near Tinley Park
Two eastbound lanes of Interstate 80 were blocked just south of Tinley Park, Illinois, early Sunday after a semi-trailer truck rolled over.
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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.
I-80 westbound was shut down at La Grange Road after the shooting.
The shooting took place on the I-80 westbound entrance to I-355 in New Lenox.
Traffic was getting by on the center lane after the crash, state police said.
Injuries were reported on the pileup on Interstate 80 east of Wolf Road.
All lanes on I-80 eastbound near Central Avenue were shut down at 3:29 p.m., though traffic still got by on the right shoulder.
The crash happened on eastbound I-80 at Central Avenue south of Chicago.
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