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One person was killed and nearly a dozen others hurt in a multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 294 near Willow Road during rush hour Tuesday morning, authorities said, with the roadway expected to remain closed for hours.

Illinois State Police are investigating a crash that occurred between a vehicle and a car on the Tri-State Tuesday, with a passing motorist capturing the horrifying scene on video as the truck appeared to drive down the roadway with the car still pinned underneath.

Illinois State Police are investigating a crash that occurred between a vehicle and a car on the Tri-State Tuesday, with a passing motorist capturing the horrifying scene on video as the truck appeared to drive down the roadway with the car still pinned underneath.

At least four motorcyclists were seriously hurt in an accident that closed a portion of the northbound Tri-State Tollway at Russell Road near the Illinois-Wisconsin state line Friday, according to reports from Total Traffic.

An accident has closed a portion of the northbound Tri-State Tollway between Russell Road and the Illinois-Wisconsin State Line, according to reports from Total Traffic.

Traffic is closed in both directions on Halsted Street in suburban Harvey due to a large-scale emergency response to a traffic crash.

Video posted to Twitter by Brian Haas shows a fiery crash that involved a semi carrying fireworks on I-294 early Friday morning.

A semi carrying fireworks rolled over and caught fire, blocking all northbound lanes of Tri-State Tollway for several hours leading up to the morning rush hour Friday.

At least one person was killed and four others suffered injuries in a six-vehicle chain-reaction crash Saturday afternoon on the Tri-State Tollway in Willow Springs, state police said. The accident occurred at approximately 12:09 p.m. in the southbound lanes of I-294 near milepost 22.25. According to Illinois State Police, a Chevrolet Impala was traveling southbound when for unknown reason, the…

The Tri-State Tollway has since reopened near the Stevenson Expressway interchange after an accident shut down both directions for hours Saturday afternoon. According to Illinois State Police, a multi-vehicle crash closed both sides of the tollway. Serious injuries were being reported with the crash, but it wasn’t known how many individuals were hurt. The crash occurred at approximately 12:15...

All lanes of the northbound Tri-State Tollway are closed near Half Day Road after a crash claimed the life of at least one individual and left several others injured. According to Illinois State Police, a vehicle traveling on the tollway at a high rate of speed Sunday afternoon when the driver lost control. That vehicle then collided with another car…

Major delays were reported on the Tri-State Tollway after an accident blocked three southbound lanes near 95th Street and left two individuals injured. The accident happened on Interstate 294 just before 95th Street, involving a box truck and a vehicle, according to the Illinois State Police. The truck was hauling paper products and was knocked onto its side during the…

Two people died in a crash on the Tri-State Tollway that shut down the eastbound lanes for more than four hours Tuesday near Half Day Road in the north suburbs. An SUV sideswiped a semitrailer about 10:26 a.m. on I-94 near IL-22 before spinning out and then crashing into another semi, according to Illinois State Police. The driver and front…

Massive concrete beams destined for the Mile Long Bridge along the Tri-State Tollway’s heaviest-traveled section are getting police escorts from a Wisconsin factory to a tollway plaza in Chicago’s southwest suburbs. Transport trucks hauling the 187-foot-long (57-meter-long) beams, each weighing 245,000 pounds (111,130 kilograms), will be traveling this month between 4:30 a.m. and noon on weekdays, weather-permitting. The beams come…

A 43-year-old man is dead and a 51-year-old woman is hurt after a hit-and-run crash on the Tri-State Tollway, officials say.

One person was killed when a semi truck hit another vehicle and overturned on Interstate-294 southwest of Chicago early Monday morning.

A $4 billion plan to widen the Tri-State Tollway was approved by the Illinois Tollway Board of Directors Thursday.

A woman charged with DUI after causing a wrong-way crash last month that killed an off-duty Chicago Ridge police officer on the Tri-State Tollway has been ordered held on $350,000 bond.