All outbound lanes on the Kennedy Expressway were back open but delays remained following a wrong-way crash early Tuesday morning.
According to the Illinois State Police, the incident occurred around 5:45 a.m. in the outbound lanes of the Kennedy Expressway at Armitage. At that time, a passenger vehicle traveling southbound in the northbound ramp struck a garbage truck-head on, ISP said.
Shortly after the crash, all outbound lanes at Armitage were closed.
The driver of the passenger vehicle was transported to a nearby hospital with injuries, ISP said.
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At 7:15 a.m., Chicago's Office of Emergency Management and Communications said Kennedy outbound lanes had reopened. NBC 5 Traffic Reporter Jen DeSalvo noted that traffic however was still heavy, with delays and backups still expected.
Video and photos from the scene showed an active scene with several emergency vehicles in the outbound lanes, with heavy traffic backups.
DeSalvo recommended commuters take the outbound Eisenhower expressway, or DuSable Lake Shore Drive as alternates.
