Upd: Fatal Crash On I-55 Through Construction Zone Kills 33 Year Old Woman
June 21, 2019 6:59AM CDT
A 33-year-old woman from Crest Hill was killed overnight following an accident on southbound I-55 at Weber Road. The Southbound I-55 lanes were closed at Weber Road and all traffic was forced off the expressway. A roll-over accident occurred at 2 a.m. in which a State Trooper’s vehicle was hit in a construction zone. The driver of the vehicle that rolled over has died. The State Trooper was injured, taken to the hospital and released. All southbound traffic was being forced off of I-55 at the Weber Road exit as the accident scene was being investigated. The expressway was closed for five hours.