Quick Facts:
Where: The accident occurred on the Dan Ryan Expressway near 18th Street in Chicago, Illinois.
What Happened: A tractor-trailer and two other vehicles collided under unspecified conditions.
Participants:
- Tractor-Trailer driver
- Driver of car
- Driver of unknown vehicle
- Occupant of unknown vehicle
Reported Injuries/Fatalities:
- Four people, vehicles unknown, injured
Details:
On or about Thursday, October 22nd, around 3:15 in the morning, a three vehicle accident involving a tractor-trailer sent four people to the hospital. Officials said the accident happened in the northbound lanes of the Dan Ryan Expressway near 18th Street in Chicago, Illinois.
Police said that four unidentified people were injured following a chain-reaction accident between an 18-wheeler and two other cars that began under unspecified conditions. One victim was taken to Mercy Hospital, while three others were transported to other nearby hospitals with unknown injuries.
Authorities shut down all northbound lanes to investigate the accident.
Taking a look at the Dan Ryan Expressway in the area of 18th Street on Google Maps shows a ten lane major thoroughfare with a concrete barrier dividing north and southbound traffic. The expressway cuts through the center of downtown Chicago.
Deputies from Cook County and CPD representatives assisted at the scene.