ByABC7 Chicago Digital Team 
Saturday, August 15, 2026 2:50PM
One person is dead and another is hospitalized after a crash on the Stevenson Expressway on Chicago’s Southwest Side early Saturday morning, Illinois State Police said.
CHICAGO (WLS) — One person is dead and another is hospitalized after a crash on the Stevenson Expressway on Chicago’s Southwest Side early Saturday morning, Illinois State Police said.
ISP said troopers responded to the two-vehicle crash on southbound Interstate 55 at Wentworth Avenue around 4:30 a.m. That’s near the city’s Bridgeport neighborhood.
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One person was pronounced dead on the scene, and another was injured and transported to a local hospital.
The roadway is closed for an investigation, and all I-55 southbound traffic is being diverted to southbound Interstate 94.
What caused the crash was not immediately clear.
Authorities did not immediately provide further information.
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