6 horses killed in barn fire in Northwest Chicago suburb
The fire was upgraded to a second-alarm fire.
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Kris Habermehl is a traffic and breaking news reporter for CBS News Chicago.
Habermehl returned to CBS News Chicago in March, 2022.
Kris is CBS News Chicago's eye in the sky from Skywatch, providing traffic reports during the morning news and following breaking news from the air all day long.
He's a five-time Emmy Award winner, a licensed pilot and a lieutenant and training officer at the Kirkland Fire Depertment. Habermehl has been a pilot since he was a young boy.
Habermehl is known for his voice and incredible range of knowledge, not to mention his pristine attention to detail.
CBS News Chicago's Ed Curran put it, "Kris doesn't just tell you there's a fire; he tells you what's burning by the color of the smoke."
The fire was upgraded to a second-alarm fire.
A driver lost control and hit three cars before continuing down a parking aisle, hitting another car, and then hitting a protective cage full of propane tanks, police said.
Ramps from both directors of the Dan Ryan feed and merge onto the outbound Stevenson, making for traffic jams in multiple directions.
Effective Sunday, June 1, traffic leaving downtown Chicago and heading northwest will be able to use both the express and local lanes to O'Hare.
State police said the truck damaged the structure of the ramp, which is expected to take several days to repair.
Lake Forest police said a Mazda sedan was speeding northbound on Route 41 when the driver veered off the roadway, causing a rollover north of Deerpath Road.
A semi-tractor truck without a trailer crashed and rolled over into a ditch along the Stevenson Expressway.
Habermehl said several vehicles collided, leaving multiple people injured.
The woman was shot in the head and torso and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where she was pronounced dead, police said.
A semi-truck and a sedan were involved in the crash just before 4 a.m.
The semi-truck rolled over on the northbound ramp to westbound Lake-Cook Road just before 5:45 a.m.
Crews from multiple fire departments responded to the fire at Rovanco Piping Systems, a manufacturing site.
A pickup driving through a green light hit a 72-year-old man who was standing in the median in the 1100 block of South Lake Shore Drive just after 5 a.m.
At least five people were taken to multiple hospitals in fair to critical condition. The victims range in age from 17 years old to 32 years old.
The crash, which left a motorcyclist with severe injuries, took place around 2 a.m.