Chicago, IL : 1 dead Bishop Ford crash with IDOT truck at 159th on Wednesday, 31st March 2021

A person died and two others were hurt Wednesday after a car crashed into the rear of a state vehicle, shutting down the Bishop Ford Expressway for several hours.

Lanes were reopened at 1:45 p.m., nearly four hours after a crash in the northbound lanes near 159th Street, according to Illinois State Police.

About 10:10 a.m. a driver rear-ended an Illinois Department of Transportation truck stopped in the left shoulder with its emergency lights on to assist a motorist, state police spokeswoman Gabriela Ugarte said in a statement.

A passenger in the car died at the scene, while its driver was hospitalized in serious condition, Ugarte said. The driver of the IDOT truck was taken to a hospital with injuries that weren’t life-threatening.

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