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The northbound lanes of Interstate 17 near Anthem were closed Monday morning after an SUV drove the wrong direction on the freeway and crashed into a produce truck, according to the Arizona Department of Public Safety.
The collision killed the driver of the SUV.
The 35-year-old male driver from Anthem entered the northbound lanes of the freeway and crashed into the semi-truck just before 12 a.m. Monday, according to a DPS spokesman.
A three-vehicle crash – involving a semi – left at least one male injured and closed eastbound lanes of Interstate 80/94 in northwest Indiana early Thursday.
Two vehicles and a semi crashed about 4:20 a.m. in the eastbound lanes of I-80/94 near Grant Street in Gary, Ind., according to Indiana State Police.
One male, whose age and condition were not immediately known, was injured in the crash, police said.
As of 5:15 a.m., all eastbound lanes of the expressway were still closed, police said.
Indiana State Police are investigating.
A trucker was seriously hurt when four semi trucks collided on Interstate 65 in northwest Indiana Wednesday morning, closing the highway for four hours.
The crash happened just after 9 a.m. in the northbound lanes of I-65, about a mile north of the State Route 10 exit, Indiana State Police said.
The driver of a 2006 Volvo semi hauling salt for Summit-based UROL Express failed to see traffic slowing because of a separate crash in front of him, police said.
A traffic accident near Vernal killed one person on Monday, according to the Utah Highway Patrol.
UHP authorities said that a car driven by Monte Mitchell 36, and a semi truck collided on U.S. Route 40 about 8 miles east of Vernal near mile marker 153.
One person died in the crash, but authorities did not immediately release any information about that person’s identification Monday afternoon.
The Tribune will provide more information as it becomes available.
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.
A rollover accident shut down all southbound lanes of the Dan Ryan Expressway near 81st Street Saturday.
The crash happened at about 5:30 a.m.
At approximately 9:30 a.m., police were diverting traffic off at 79th Street and allowing cars to re-enter south of 83rd Street. Authorities said it would be hours before southbound I-94 would reopen.
The rollover involved a semi-tanker and a car. IDOT crews responded to the scene of the crash.
There was no immediate word on if any one was injured.
A potato-hauling semi truck toppled over Friday morning near Cedar City, mashing freeway traffic for several hours.
The accident happened about 8 a.m. on Interstate 15 when the southbound truck lost control on Black Ridge, according to the Utah Highway Patrol. The truck slid, then tipped onto its left side, blocking the freeway.
A black Mazda driven by a pregnant woman collided with the truck after it had toppled over, UHP reports. The woman and the truck driver were both shaken up and taken to a hospital in St. George.