Dan Ryan Expressway

A recent University of Illinois graduate was killed in a hit-and-run crash on the Dan Ryan Expressway on the Fourth of July, according to her family members and police.

A person was killed in a hit-and-run crash Sunday morning on the Dan Ryan Expressway.

A woman was shot while traveling on the Dan Ryan Expressway Friday evening, prompting authorities to close a portion of the interstate, according to the Illinois State Police.

Chicago police have launched an investigation following a startling incident in which two gunmen opened while in the middle of traffic Thursday morning in the city’s Chatham neighborhood.

Chicago police have launched an investigation following a startling incident in which two gunmen opened while in the middle of traffic Thursday morning in the city’s Chatham neighborhood. NBC 5’s Vi Nguyen reports.

Illinois State Police say that a 26-year-old man suffered life-threatening injuries following a shooting on the Dan Ryan Expressway Wednesday night, just the latest in a surge of gun violence on area highways. According to authorities, the man was driving in the express lanes of the interstate near 33rd Street when shots were fired from another vehicle. The man was…

A driver suffered life-threatening injuries after they were shot on the Dan Ryan Expressway Wednesday evening, according to Illinois State Police. According to officials, troopers were called to the northbound express lanes on the interstate near 33rd Street at approximately 7:40 p.m. for a call of shots fired. Troopers say the driver of a vehicle had been shot, and was…

Teresa Sandoval died in a crash Saturday morning when a wrong-way driver struck the car she was riding in on the Dan Ryan Expressway.

The ramp from 75th Street to the northbound lanes of the Dan Ryan Expressway was closed Saturday afternoon following a shooting on the interstate, according to Illinois State Police.

A prominent Chicago activist known as the “Dreadhead Cowboy,” along with four other people, were arrested during an anti-violence protest that shut down a portion of the Dan Ryan Expressway during the Thursday afternoon rush hour, according to state police.

An anti-violence protest shut down the local lanes of the outbound Dan Ryan Expressway on Thursday afternoon, with the “Dreadhead Cowboy” joining the protesters and posting a video of the shutdown to Facebook. Adam Hollingsworth, who became well-known in the city for riding his horse during a variety of protests and events, recorded video of the protest Thursday afternoon. Illinois…

Anti-violence protesters including the “Dreadhead Cowboy” shut down the local lanes of the outbound Dan Ryan Expressway on Thursday afternoon. NBC 5’s Lexi Sutter reports

One person was shot and two others injured in a subsequent crash early Friday on the Dan Ryan Expressway.

All southbound lanes on the Dan Ryan expressway at 69th Street are closed for a police investigation, according to authorities.

A man sustained non-life threatening injuries in a shooting Sunday evening on the Dan Ryan Expressway, Illinois State Police said. The shooting was reported at approximately 7:30 p.m. in the southbound lanes of Interstate 94 near 69th Street. Following the shooting, police said, the driver exited the expressway and was located on Cottage Grove Avenue in the Chatham neighborhood. The…

A person was killed in a multi-vehicle crash Sunday on the Dan Ryan Expressway near 83rd Street. The crash happened about 3:20 a.m. in the northbound lanes of Interstate 94, according to Illinois State Police. Multiple vehicles were involved, and at least one person died, state police said. Further information was not immediately released. The Cook County medical examiner’s office…

A suspected drunken driver crashed into an Illinois State Trooper’s car Thursday on the Dan Ryan Expressway, sending himself and the trooper to hospitals with minor injuries.

Adam Hollingsworth, known as the Dread Head Cowboy, was warned by a Cook County judge Tuesday that he can be held in contempt of court if he continues to lie about his court case on social media, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting.

Following a shooting that killed one person on a Chicago expressway early Saturday, NBC 5 obtained new data that provides a picture of the troubling number of shootings so far this year. NBC 5’s Patrick Fazio reports.