Two people were killed in separate crashes early Sunday on two Chicago-area expressways, according to Illinois State Police.
In the first accident, a person was killed in a two-car crash on the Eisenhower Expressway around 2:30 a.m. The crash happened in the westbound lanes of I-290 near the Austin Boulevard exit, state police said.
One person was taken to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead. State police did not share which hospital or whether the person was a driver or passenger. All westbound lanes were closed until 7:15 a.m.
Less than an hour later, in another two-vehicle accident, a driver was killed after colliding with a second vehicle on the Dan Ryan, state police said. That crash happened around 3:10 a.m. on the northbound lanes of I-94 near Root Street.
After that accident, all northbound lanes were closed and traffic was diverted to 43rd Street. All lanes had reopened by 7 a.m.
State police released no details on the vehicles involved or how the crashes occurred. No other injuries were reported.
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