Overview
- Illinois State Police are probing separate overnight incidents on outbound I-290 on Chicago’s West Side that left one person dead and several others hurt.
- Traffic that had built up near Ashland Avenue before 3 a.m. ended in a rear-end that set off a four-vehicle chain reaction, according to state police.
- Eight people from the crash were taken to hospitals with injuries, and one of them was pronounced dead at the hospital.
- Roughly 1.5 miles west at California Avenue, troopers found a motorcyclist shot on the outbound lanes around 11:20 p.m., and officials did not release the person’s condition.
- Lanes and several ramps were closed at both scenes for investigations, and all lanes reopened by 7:54 a.m., with police saying they have not determined any connection between the two events.