1 dead after fiery 5-vehicle crash on Kennedy Expressway
One person died after a fiery five-vehicle Kennedy Expressway crash overnight, Illinois State Police said.
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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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It feels like never-ending traffic, but there is some good news as the end of the Kennedy Expressway Bridge Rehabilitation Project. Kris Habermehl reports from CBS Skywatch.
Meanwhile, a new lane configuration is going into place on the north end of the Kennedy Expressway reconstruction project area. Sara Machi reports.
Illinois State Police said the victim was hit by gunfire before crashing into a semi and another car.
After being shot, the man's car hit a semi-truck, and another car was also hit, police said.
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According to the Illinois Department of Transportation, the expressway will be reduced to one lane from Washington Boulevard north to Addison Street on Monday and Tuesday night.
The semi truck, hauling meat, rolled off the inbound Kennedy at Belmont Avenue and ended up in the outbound express lanes around 11:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
Kris Habermehl recommends commuters avoid the Kennedy Expressway and seek out alternate routes.
The Illinois Department of Transportation said the reopening of the Ohio Street ramp on the Kennedy Expressway has been delayed.
IDOT said a car drove into the work zone and onto freshly poured concrete, damaging the concrete and pushing back the reopening of the outbound ramp by about a week.
The express lanes on the Kennedy Expressway at O’Hare International Airport are back open, but drivers have to get into the express lanes all the way back by Ohio Street. Kris Habermehl reports from CBS Skywatch.
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