2 hurt in crash after scrap metal falls from semi truck on Kennedy Expressway
Drivers are encouraged to avoid the area if possible, as ISP says lanes are expected to be closed for an extended period of time.
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Drivers are encouraged to avoid the area if possible, as ISP says lanes are expected to be closed for an extended period of time.
ISP says the semi was hauling scrap metal that spread across the road, and a piece got wedged between a bridge and the road. The other two vehicles were hit by debris.
Inbound lanes of the Kennedy Expressway are partially blocked by hanging metal near W. Grand Avenue.
The inbound Kennedy Expressway was shut down for a period of time at the Nagle Avenue curve for a crash as the morning rush began early Monday.
The inbound Kennedy Expressway was shut down for a period of time at the Nagle Avenue curve for a crash as the morning rush began early Monday. Lauren Victory reports.
Residents in one part of Chicago's Noble Square neighborhood say they've been dealing with cars careening off the Kennedy Expressway and crashing into their front yard for decades, and the state won't help.
Residents in one part of Noble Square say they've been dealing with cars careening off the Kennedy Expressway and crashing into their front yard for decades, and the state won't help.
All lanes of the Kennedy Expressway have reopened after a truck crash left sheet metal debris on the expressway.
Two people were killed early Sunday morning in a crash on the Kennedy Expressway in Chicago's West Loop.
Illinois state police said a car that was stopped and was rear-ended by another car. Two people were killed. three others were also injured.
Two people were killed early Sunday morning in a crash on the Kennedy Expressway in Chicago's West Loop.
All lanes of the inbound Kennedy Expressway were blocked in the West Loop early Sunday after a crash.
One person died after a fiery five-vehicle Kennedy Expressway crash overnight, Illinois State Police said.
A fiery multi-vehicle crash turned deadly overnight Tuesday into Wednesday, shutting down the Kennedy Expressway. Asal Rezaei reports.
Lanes have reopened on the Kennedy Expressway after a deadly, multi-vehicle crash overnight.
Illinois State Police were investigating reports of a shooting on the Kennedy Expressway near Ogden Avenue on Wednesday afternoon.
Shots were fired on the Kennedy Expressway early Wednesday morning, shutting down the outbound lanes just in time for the morning rush.
One person was taken to the hospital after a three-car crash on the Kennedy Expressway early Monday.
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The crash happened at 5:31 a.m. on the inbound or southbound Kennedy at Madison Street in the West Loop, Illinois State Police said.
Illinois State Police said at 12:26 a.m., two vehicles were involved in a crash on the Kennedy (I-90/94) outbound at Addison Street.
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Video from the scene shows traffic building near the crash site, where it appears two cars collided.
A crash is causing delays at a busy intersection off the Kennedy Expressway on Chicago's North Side on Tuesday morning.
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