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Multiple people were injured in a crash involving a tanker truck Thursday morning on Interstate 394 near south suburban Crete.
The crash involving a tanker truck and a passenger vehicle happened about 7 a.m. in the southbound lanes of the interstate near Burville Road, according to the Illinois State Police.
Police said there were injures in the crash, but further details were not immediately available.
I-394 is closed south of Exchange Avenue, and no traffic is allowed on Burville Road between the interstate and Cottage Grove Avenue, police said.
At least 20 vehicles were involved in a crash that shut down northbound I-57 near Peotone between Manhattan-Monee Road and Wilmington-Peotone Road, officials said.
Several semis are involved, Illinois State Police said, and one vehicle may be trapped underneath a semi. Emergency crews brought in extrication equipment and requested heavy cranes.
Officials have not said what caused the crash, but low visibility was reported through the Chicago area on Thursday afternoon.
One person was killed and three others were hurt in a head-on crash involving a Pace bus Wednesday morning in southwest suburban Romeoville, police said.
The three-vehicle crash involving two cars and a Pace bus happened about 9:10 a.m. at Renwick Road and Rankin Drive, police and fire officials said.
A Kia Rio traveling eastbound on Renwick Road crossed into the westbound lanes and hit the Pace Bus head-on, Romeoville police said in a release. The Kia then hit a Ford Fusion.
Three separate crashes involving seven vehicles on a one-mile stretch of I-55 closed northbound lanes of the expressway for about two-and-a-half hours during the morning rush Monday near southwest suburban Channahon.
Traffic was diverted from northbound lanes of I-55 between Bluff Road and U.S. 6 about 8:15 a.m. while police worked to clear three separate crashes that caused "several" injuries around 7:45 a.m.
No one died in any of the crashes, but at least two people were injured, police said. The left lane of the expressway was reopened about 10:15 a.m.