While entering onto the northbound lanes of Interstate 57 at 167th Street, a man suffered a heart attack and crashed his car into a concrete barrier at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Illinois State Police District Chicago Master Sgt. Robert Satkiewicz said.

Christopher Seth, 46, of Tinley Park was pronounced dead at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn at 7:03 p.m. Wednesday, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.

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As WBBM Newsradio’s Mike Krauser reports, White says Tyon Groves, 16, should not have been behind the wheel. State police say he was speeding on Interstate 57 around 186th Street when he lost control just before 5 a.m. Sunday.

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Groves, of the 100 block of Cloverleaf Road in Matteson, and his 17-year-old female passenger, Avocean Lewis of the 18800 block of Oakwood Avenue in Country Club Hills, were both killed. Three others were injured when the Mazda sport-utility vehicle rolled.

Under the state’s graduated license system, new drivers are under all kinds of restrictions intended to prevent incidents like this.

But he says in this case, Groves didn’t have a license at all.

“It’s a sad day in Illinois when you have five young people who are either no longer with us, or are injured, as a result of someone driving who really should not have been a driver,” White said.

Police continue to investigate whether drugs, alcohol or texting might have been involved. They say the SUV was reported stolen.

The accident happened just before 5 a.m. on northbound I-57 at approximately 186th Street, an Illinois State Police District Chicago trooper said. The crash occurred near Country Club Hills.

A 17-year-old girl — identified by the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office as Avocean Lewis, of 18806 Oakwood Ave. in Country Club Hills — was pronounced dead at 5:49 a.m. at St. James Hospital and Health Centers in Olympia Fields.

A 16-year-old boy — identified as Tyon Groves, of 115 Cloverleaf Rd. in Matteson, was dead on the scene, according to the medical examiner’s office.

The Mazda SUV they were in “was traveling at a very high rate of speed” when it left the roadway and rolled over, according to the trooper. The two who were killed were the driver and a front seat passenger, a state police master sergeant said.

Illinois State Police continue Sunday afternoon to investigate the crash, so it was undetermined as to whether alcohol was a factor, the trooper said.

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COUNTRY CLUB HILLS, Ill. (STMW) – Two young people were killed and another three injured when the SUV they were in — which state police say was traveling at a very high speed — left the road and rolled over on I-57 in the south suburbs Sunday morning.

The accident happened just before 5 a.m. on northbound I-57 at approximately 186th Street, an Illinois State Police District Chicago trooper said. The crash occurred near Country Club Hills.

The victims were all between 16 and 19 years old, the trooper said. The Mazda SUV they were in “was traveling at a very high rate of speed” when it left the roadway and rolled over, according to the trooper.

Two of the victims were killed, state police and the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office said. The two who were killed were the driver and a front seat passenger, a state police master sergeant said.

No additional information on the victims was immediately available Sunday afternoon.

Illinois State Police continue Sunday afternoon to investigate the crash, so it was undetermined as to whether alcohol was a factor, the trooper said.

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State troopers responded to a single-vehicle rollover crash about 9:53 a.m. Wednesday, said an Illinois State Police release.

A concerned motorist saw the four-door vehicle offroad, upside down and submerged in water near the southbound I-57 at milepost 316 and called authorities. Southwest suburban Bourbonnais is the closest municipality to the crash site, which the release said was in a construction zone.

The Bourbonnais Fire Department was first on scene, the release said.

Michael L. Simms, 27, of Joliet was removed from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene.

State police are investigating the cause of the crash.

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The crash happened in the outbound lanes of I-57 at 111th Street. Illinois State Police were notified around 1:30 a.m.

The driver lost control of a vehicle in the southbound lanes and veered off the road, before hitting several trees and a light pole. Three people were ejected from the vehicle.

Five people were hospitalized – one in serious condition, two in fair condition, and two in good condition, according to Fire Media Affairs.

The cause of the crash remained under investigation Monday morning.

The Sun-Times Media Wire contributed to this report.

As CBS 2’s Kris Habermehl reports, the four vehicles all rear-ended each other in a work zone on I-57 just south of the Tri-State sometime around 6 a.m.

Several ambulances from multiple southern suburbs responded to the scene, but the number and extent of injuries stemming from the crash was not immediately learned.

The left lane on northbound I-57 was blocked for cleanup from the crash, resulting in what Habermehl calls a “disaster.”

Slow travel times are expected between Interstate 80 and the Tri-State.

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CHICAGO (STMW) – A 24-year-old Chicago motorist was cited with DUI following a fatal wreck that left a South Holland man dead early Saturday on Interstate 57 in the Morgan Park neighborhood on the Far South Side.

Keith Albert Green, of Chicago, was cited with DUI, according to Illinois State Police District Chicago Trooper Jasen Woo. Further charges are possible, according to Woo.

Woo said Green and three others including a man identified by the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office as Andre D. Jelk, 24, of 16707 Clyde Ave. in South Holland, were ejected from the car when it crashed. None of the occupants were wearing seat belts.

About 12:45 a.m. the 2001 Oldsmobile Aurora was traveling northbound at a “high rate of speed” when it lost control and hit a light pole on the right embankment, rolled over onto the embankment and ejected the four male occupants, Illinois State Police District Chicago Master Sgt. Joe Stangl said.

Three people, in serious to critical condition, were taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, according to Chicago Fire Department Media Affairs. Jelk was dead on the scene, according to the medical examiner’s office.

Woo said the other two men who were in the car are 20 and 24.

An EMS Plan I response, which sends at least five ambulances to the scene, was called by the Chicago Fire Department.

Inbound lanes were closed for several hours as crews investigated the single-vehicle crash. At about 7:45 a.m. inbound lanes and the 111th Street ramp reopened.

An autopsy for Jelk is scheduled for Sunday.

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As WBBM Newsradio’s John Cody reports, the Illinois Toll Highway Authority Board of Directors on Thursday approved a plan to increase tolls, by 35 cents for I-Pass users, and 70 cents for cash payers.

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Effective in January, basic I-Pass toll rates will increase from 40 cents to 75 cents, with those who use cash to pay $1.50. Some toll plazas will cost as much as $1.90 for I-Pass.

When asked if the toll hike was breaking faith with motorists who were once promised an end to tolls when bonds were paid off, Quinn says that pledge was made a long time ago and the state needs the tollway expansion now.

“We’re expanding the number of lanes, for example, on the Jane Addams Tollway, there will be an extra lane,” Quinn said Thursday. “There will also be room for mass transit for the first time in the history of the tollway. We’re going to have room for a bus-only lane.”

Illinois Toll Highway Authority executive director Kristi LaFleur pointed out Thursday that for I-Pass customers, basic tolls have not increased since 1983.

Revenue from the toll hike would pay for a number of new projects — reconstruction of the Jane Addams Tollway, reconstruction I-90 from O’Hare International Airport to Rockford for the first time in 50 years, construction of a south suburban interchange between I-294 and I-57 and construction of an additional leg of the Elgin-O’Hare Expressway that still connects neither Elgin nor O’Hare.

Quinn said the I-294/I-57 interchange is also a must-do project.

“We’re one of the very few places in the United States where two interstates cross — they intersect — but they don’t connect, and that’s down at 294 and I-57,” Quinn said. “We’re going to change that. We’re going to have those two connect for the first time ever.”

The woman, Christine Brown of the 17000 block of Anthony Avenue in Hazel Crest, was pronounced dead at St. James Hospital and Health Center in Olympia Fields at 10:05 p.m., according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.

The crash happened sometime after 9 p.m. Monday night on Vollmer Road just off I-57, according to an Illinois State Police District Chicago master sergeant.

Details of the crash were not available Tuesday morning.

Matteson police are investigating, but were not available to comment early Tuesday.

The Sun-Times Media Wire contributed to this report.

The response created a long backup on I-57 near Kedzie Avenue. Both sides of the expressway were shut down.

The crash happened in the inbound lanes of the expressway around 12:30 a.m. Monday. A man driving a car apparently fell asleep at the wheel, and the vehicle veered off the road just north of Kedzie Avenue near a construction area for a new interchange with the Tri-State Tollway (I-294), Illinois State Police said.

The car then struck a tree and landed on an electrical junction box, which is a container for electrical connections used in the nearby construction, state police said.

The lanes had to be shut down to allow a helicopter to transport a female passenger injured in the crash, the trooper said. She was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn with non-life-threatening injuries, he said. Officials also worked to shut off power to the electrical box.

It was not immediately clear if the driver would face citations in connection with the crash, the trooper said. No one else was in the vehicle and all lanes of the expressway are open again as of early Monday.

The Sun-Times Media Wire contributed to this report.

CHICAGO (CBS) – A car slammed into a carnival ride in the Morgan Park neighborhood Tuesday morning, prompting authorities to shut down an off-ramp on Interstate 57.

The driver of the Jeep Wrangler apparently lost control of the car while exiting the expressway at 119th Street, and went careering right into a carnival that was set up in a parking lot at the intersection with Marshfield Avenue.

The car hit a pirate ship ride with an Egyptian motif, and ended up underneath the ride.

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Rescue crews were on the scene as of shortly before 7 a.m., and had to remove the hood of the car.

The ramp from southbound I-57 to 119th Street was blocked off.

Fire officials said the driver was extracted and taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in serious-to-critical condition. It was not known if this was the driver, or how many people were involved in the incident.

There was no estimation about damage to the ride.

The accident happened around 10 a.m. at 99th Street and Genoa Avenue, over the curve where I-57 turns from west to south.

The crane hit the worker in his chest, knocking him down, Perez said.

The worker, a 59-year-old man, was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in serious to critical condition, Fire Media Affairs spokesman Richard Rosado said.

A second worker, the operator of the crane, was “rattled” and was also taken to an area hospital for treatment, police said.

Rosado said the second worker was taken to Little Company of Mary Hospital in Evergreen Park in good condition.

Both men were conscious as they were taken to hospitals, police said.

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As Kris Habermehl reports from Chopper 2 HD, sometime before 6 a.m., the driver ran through the guardrail and took out its support posts on inbound I-57 just past Sibley Boulevard.

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The car catapulted down the embankment on the side of the expressway, and both of the driver’s side doors were sheared off.

But when rescue crews arrived, the driver was sitting up and talking.

He was taken to an area hospital.

The driver was headed north between the Peotone and Monee exits at around 6:30 p.m. when he began feeling dizzy and lost control of the truck, said Illinois State Police Joliet District Sgt. R. Caves.

The driver indicated that the accident might have been due to a medical condition, Caves said. He was transported to St. James Hospital and Health Centers in Olympia Fields as a precaution.

The northbound lanes of Interstate 57 were closed, but were re-opened as of 7:45 p.m., Caves said.

Emergency officials reported to the scene at about 6:25 a.m., according to an Illinois State Police District Chicago trooper. By 7:30 a.m., the crash was cleared and the vehicles had been relocated to an Accident Investigation Site.

No injuries were reported.

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State Police spokesman David Sneed says the first crash involving an SUV was reported at 5:15 a.m. Wednesday.

The second wreck involving two semi-tractor trailers happened in the same area just north of West Frankfort a short time later.

The interstate was closed in both directions for a while. Southbound lanes have been reopened, but the northbound lanes remained closed early Wednesday. Traffic was being detoured in the area.

Sneed tells WSIU that it’s unclear how many people were involved in the accidents and whether there were any injuries. The cause of the crashes is also under investigation.

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About 2 a.m., Illinois State Police responded to the report of a rollover crash on I-57 near the 115th Street exit ramp, according to ISP District Chicago Trooper Mark Hall.

Only one vehicle was involved in the crash, said Hall, who did not immediately know if anyone was injured.

All lanes of the southbound I-57 were closed as of 2:20 a.m., Hall said.

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The one-vehicle crash happened at 2:07 a.m. in the inbound lanes of Interstate 57 near Kedzie Avenue, an Illinois State Police master sergeant said.

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A 2001 Oldsmobile, driven by a 28-year-old man, lost control, veered off to the right shoulder and struck a fence before colliding with a tree, the master sergeant said.

The only passenger, — identified by the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office as John C. Vivetter — was killed.

Vivetter, of 6201 S. Champlain Ave., was pronounced dead at 3:13 a.m. at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, the medical examiner’s office said.

The driver was also transported to Christ Hospital in critical condition, State Police said.

Witnesses told police the vehicle was moving at a high rate of speed, and authorities think alcohol may be a factor in the crash, the master sergeant said. An investigation is underway to determine the cause of the crash.

The wreck shut down all inbound lanes of the expressway starting at about 4 a.m., and at least one or two lanes are expected to reopen about 6:30 a.m., he said. Vehicles are using the left shoulder to travel through the area in the meantime.

State Police are investigating.

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The crashes started at about 10:15 a.m. on I-57 near I-80, according to Illinois State Police.

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A total of 18 crashes happened near the I-57/I-80 junction near Homewood because of slippery snow, Illinois State Police District Chicago Master Sgt. Mike Witt said.

One of those crashes was a car carrier truck that rolled over on its side after leaving the roadway near Peotone.

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Westbound I-80 was at a standstill after a semi truck jackknifed near Torrence Avenue. No one was hurt in the crash but the left lane was still closed as of 12:45 p.m. as crews work to clean up the truck’s lost load, Witt said.

Two people were also hurt on northbound I-294 after a red Ford pickup hit a tree near Glenwood Dyer Road, a trooper said. They were taken to Saint Margaret Mercy Healthcare Center in Hammond, Ind.

Fewer than 10 injuries were reported and none were serious, Witt said.

On I-57, a vehicle caught fire near Sibley and other vehicles in crashes nearby were undrivable in both the north- and southbound lanes, a trooper said.

Further south, I-57 was reported closed near Peotone because of multiple crashes in both directions.

COUNTRY CLUB HILLS, Ill. (CBS) - A man was ejected from a vehicle, and another was injured, late Sunday in a fatal rollover crash on Interstate 57 near Flossmoor, Illinois State Police said.

Shortly before 11:50 p.m. Sunday, a southbound vehicle on I-57 near Vollmer Road swerved out of control and crashed into the center median, before rolling over into the northbound lanes, according to Illinois State Police District Chicago trooper Mark Hall.

A 30-year-old man was ejected from the vehicle and was dead on the scene, Hall said.

That man, Marcus D. Kristofek, of the 10700 block of South Church Street in Chicago, was pronounced at Ingalls Memorial Hospital in Harvey at 12:04 a.m. Monday, according to a Cook County Medical Examiner’s office spokeswoman.

Another 30-year-old man was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn where he was treated for minor injuries.

The survivor of the crash told police he and Kristofek had been drinking alcohol, state police said.

It was not immediately known which man was the driver of the 1998 Lincoln Mark VIII involved in the crash.

All northbound and southbound lanes were shut down, according to Hall, who said state police were still on scene investigating the crash.

CBS 2′s Don Schwenneker reports I-57 had reopened by 6:45 a.m., but a new accident was also reported. Some motorists looking at the crash collided on northbound I-57 at U.S. 30. Two ambulances were sent to the scene.

Another serious accident also tied up northbound I-57 Monday morning at 111th Street/Monterey Avenue.

CBS 2′s Don Schwenneker and the Sun-Times Media Wire contributed to this report.

At 6:43 a.m., a stray tire went through the windshield of a vehicle driven by a woman on I-57 near Halsted Street on the city’s Far South Side, an Illinois State Police District Chicago master sergeant said.

The woman was able to move her vehicle to an accident reconstruction area near 87th Street for further investigation.

The woman suffered non-life-threatening injuries, including lacerations to her face and a broken nose. She was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in an unknown condition.

A driver of the vehicle from which the tire came was arrested for having unsafe equipment, police said. Further information was not immediately available.

It is not clear where the tire came from, the sergeant said.

The Sun-Times Media Wire contributed to this report.

About 4:45 a.m., a rollover accident involving a SUV shut down the northbound and southbound lanes of I-57 at the 127th St. exit in Calumet Park, an Illinois State Police District Chicago trooper said.

The male driver of the small Hyundai SUV was in “stable” condition when he was airlifted by helicopter to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, the trooper said.

The SUV was the only vehicle involved in the accident.

The northbound and southbound lanes were reopened at 6:47 a.m.

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