One person died in a crash early Saturday morning along Interstate 294 in Cook County, according to Illinois State Police.
The crash was reported at around 7:19 a.m. in the southbound lanes near milepost 30. According to authorities, a semi traveling southbound hit a Nissan Sentra, which was stopped in a lane of traffic after being involved in a prior collision. The driver of the Sentra, Diana Garcia, 59, of Greenville, Wisconsin, was pronounced dead, police said. A passenger in the vehicle, Oscar Garcia, 67, of Menasha Wisconsin, was injured and taken to the hospital.
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WATCH HEREBrandon Rosemeyer, 26, of Monroe, Michigan, the driver of the semi, wasn't injured. It's unclear if any citations have been issued.
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