UPDATES WITH TWO LANES OPEN
Three people were killed and and another person was critically injured in a crash early Tuesday on the Eisenhower Expressway, police said.
The single-vehicle crash happened about 2:15 a.m. in the outbound lanes of I-290 near Western Avenue, according to Illinois State Police.
Two people were dead at the scene. Two more people had to be extricated from the vehicle and were taken to Stroger Hospital, where one was pronounced dead, police said. The Cook County medical examiner’s office did not immediately provide information on the fatalities.
The fourth person was listed in critical condition with life-threatening injuries, police said.
All outbound lanes were closed to traffic in the area for several house after the crash, but the two left lanes of the expressway were reopened shortly before 6:30 a.m., police said.