1 dead after multi-vehicle crash on I-57, police say

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A car crash on the I-57 today left one person dead in Cook County, Illinois State Police said. The expressway accident caused temporary closures.

COOK COUNTY, Ill. -- One person is dead after a two-vehicle crash on the I-57 early Saturday morning, Illinois State Police said.The crash happened near 159th Street in Cook County at about 4:40 a.m. Saturday, preliminary information indicated. Anthony Washington, a 32-year-old Chicago man, was traveling southbound in the northbound lanes of Interstate 57. He struck another vehicle head-on and transported to a local hospital with non-life-threating injuries, police said.

Washington was issued citations for driving under the influence of alcohol, failing to reduce speed to avoid an accident, improperly using lanes, disobeying a traffic-control device, driving the wrong way on a one-way street and operating an uninsured motor vehicle and causing bodily harm. At about 5:00 a.m. Saturday, the I-57 northbound at 167th Street was closed for investigation, police said. All lanes have reopened.

 

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