Semi-trailer truck bursts into flames on I-294
Crews put out the flames at the crash site on the Tri-State between Crawford and Kedzie avenues in Alsip.
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Crews put out the flames at the crash site on the Tri-State between Crawford and Kedzie avenues in Alsip.
Illinois state police and local fire crews were on the scene. Three lanes were blocked.
The crash happened on the southbound Tri-State (I-294) near Golf Road. Four cars were involved.
One vehicle was reduced to what looked like a pile of shrapnel in the crash on the Tri-State Tollway near Golf Road. CBS 2's Kris Habermehl reports.
The crash happened on the Tri-State Tollway near Golf Road, and one vehicle was left looking like a pile of shrapnel. CBS 2's Kris Habermehl reports.
The crash happened on the southbound Tri-State Tollway at Golf Road.
Illinois State Police said troopers responded to the scene for a report of a passenger vehicle that rear-ended a truck-tractor semi-trailer.
The shots were reported at 4:01 p.m. on southbound I-294 near the 88th Avenue overpass in Justice.
State police remind drivers always to slow down, and move over for emergency vehicles.
State police remind drivers always to slow down, and move over for emergency vehicles.
CBS 2's Charlie De Mar talked with a driver who was caught in the horror on 294 in Willow Springs. Fortunately, no one was hurt.
Police say a car hit Smith on 294 around 1 a.m. Saturday. That car drove off, and then smith was hit again by a FedEx truck.
Police say a car hit Smith on 294 around 1 a.m. Saturday. That car drove off, and then smith was hit again by a FedEx truck.
Illinois State Police say troopers responded to the scene where an unidentified woman was struck by a white passenger vehicle that fled the scene.
Another car was involved in the accident, but that driver was not hurt.
Another car was involved in the accident, but that driver was not hurt.
An oil spill caused by an earlier accident led to lane closures on 95th Street near the Tri-State Tollway Thursday night.
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The accident happened on the Tri-State Tollway in Gurnee.
By 6:35 p.m., the feels-like temperature had dropped to -17 in Lake Forest. New snow seemed to have stopped falling, but blowing and drifting snow were a hazard. CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey reports.
The left lane of the southbound Tri-State was closed at the scene for an investigation.
Kris Habermehl has more on that accident and other traffic incidents in the snowstorm.
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