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All lanes of Interstate 80 near LaGrange Road were shut down to traffic Saturday morning after a semi-truck tipped over, police said.
Multiple vehicles were involved in the accident on the eastbound side of the highway, which happened about 10 a.m. between LaGrange and the Interstate 355 exits, according to Illinois State Police.
Eastbound and westbound lanes were still shut down at 11:30 a.m. as HazMat crews worked to clear the scene.
It was not immediately known what the semi-truck was carrying.
No injuries were reported as of 11:30 a.m., police said.
One man is dead after he was struck by a car on Interstate 80 near Madison Avenue.
According to a CHP spokesperson, four vehicles and big rig were involved in the crash on Wednesday morning. Two of the cars colliding, sending one car into the center divide.
The driver of the car that hit the center divide — a man in his 30s — got out of the vehicle and tried to run to across the freeway, but was hit and killed. The driver of the car was taken to the hospital with unknown injuries.
Officers say the car that hit the center divide may have been speeding
A 24-year-old Denver man has died after a pickup he was riding in went out of control on icy Interstate 80 in eastern Nebraska.
The Seward County Sheriff’s Office says the accident occurred around 7:30 p.m. Sunday just west of the Utica interchange.
Deputies say an eastbound pickup carrying Anthony Morales and four other people hit a patch of ice and swerved toward another eastbound vehicle, striking it. The pickup then rotated 180 degrees, slid off the roadway and rolled after it ran down into a steep ditch.
Authorities say an 18-year-old California woman was hit and killed near Lovelock, Nev. while trying to flag down a pickup truck for help.
Nevada Highway Patrol officials say Michalea Vines of Antelope, Calif. died after being hit on Interstate 80 just after midnight on Tuesday.
Troopers say Vines was walking on the shoulder about four miles west of Lovelock when she stepped into the lane as she tried to signal a truck for help.
Officials say the driver, who’s from Winnemucca, pulled over and tried to help Vines, but she was pronounced dead at the scene.