One person died and two others were critically injured Friday evening when a wrong-way driver caused a five-vehicle crash on the Dan Ryan Expressway, Illinois State Police said.
A southbound driver entered the northbound express lanes of I-94 near 31st Street and crashed about three miles south near Garfield Boulevard around 5:50 p.m., the state police said in a statement.
State police said one person was pronounced dead. Two others were taken to hospitals in critical condition, according to a Chicago Fire Department spokesperson.
Northbound traffic was being diverted off at 67th Street, state police said.