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Police investigating report of shots fired on Dan Ryan

Feb 16, 2017 | WLSAM Staff

(CHICAGO) All outbound lanes of the Dan Ryan Expressway were closed to traffic for more than an hour early Thursday while state police investigated a report of shots fired.

Police were called shortly after 3 a.m. to the report of shots fired in the southbound lanes of the Dan Ryan near 63rd Street, according to Illinois State Police.

No property damage was reported and no one was injured, police said.

Lanes were closed between 59th Street and 63rd Street until about 4:40 a.m. while authorities investigated. Police were questioning a person of interest in connection to the report, but no weapon was recovered and no shell casings were found.

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Fire officials: 10 injured in 3-vehicle crash on Dan Ryan Expressway

Sep 6, 2016 | WLSAM Staff
Three vehicles were involved in a crash early Tuesday in the inbound lanes of the Dan Ryan Expressway near 95th Street. | NVP News

(CHICAGO) Ten people were injured in a three-vehicle crash early Tuesday on the Dan Ryan Expressway, fire officials said.

The crash happened about 12:35 a.m. in the inbound lanes of I-90/94 near 95th Street, according to Illinois State Police. Information on the circumstances of the crash were not immediately available.

Seven people were taken to hospitals in serious-to-critical condition, while three more people were hospitalized in fair-to-serious condition, fire officials said. Their ages and genders were not known.

As of 2:45 a.m., all inbound lanes of the expressway were closed to traffic, police said.

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Man wounded in shooting on Dan Ryan

May 20, 2016 | WLSAM Staff
A man was shot while driving on the Dan Ryan late Thursday. It was the third shooting on a Chicago expressway in less than a week. | NVP News

(CHICAGO) A man was shot on the Dan Ryan Expressway on the South Side late Thursday.

The man, whose exact age was not immediately known, was shot about 11:50 p.m. while in a vehicle in the northbound lanes of the expressway between 87th and 95th streets, according to Illinois State Police.

His hospital information was not available early Friday, police said.

Three lanes of the expressway between 87th and 95th streets were closed early Friday as police investigated.

The Dan Ryan shooting was the third on a Chicago expressway since early Sunday and the twentieth since the start of 2016.

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Call of shots fired briefly shuts down Dan Ryan express lanes

May 13, 2016 | WLSAM Staff
Illinois State Police troopers canvass the Dan Ryan express lanes for shell casings after a call of shots fired late Thursday on I-94. | Network Video Productions

(CHICAGO) The shooting was reported about 11:30 p.m. near the 59th Street exit, state police said. No people or vehicles were shot.

Express traffic was halted as troopers canvassed the lanes for shell casings between 43rd and 63rd streets, but they found nothing, police said.

The lanes were reopened about 2:30 a.m. Friday.

A call of shots fired late Thursday in the express lanes of the Dan Ryan Expressway (I-94) shut down southbound traffic for about three hours overnight, according to Illinois State Police.

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Vehicle struck by bullet on Dan Ryan

Apr 25, 2016 | WLSAM Staff
Illinois State Police investigate shots fired on the Dan Ryan Expressway early Monday. | Network Video Productions
Illinois State Police investigate shots fired on the Dan Ryan Expressway early Monday. | Network Video Productions

(CHICAGO) A person’s vehicle was struck by a bullet early Monday while driving on the Dan Ryan Expressway.

Shots were fired about 1:45 a.m. and the vehicle was struck while traveling in the outbound lanes near Garfield Boulevard, according to Illinois State Police.

No one was injured in the shooting, but all outbound lanes were closed to traffic from 47th Street to Garfield while police searched for shell casings.

All lanes were reopened shortly after 3 a.m.

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Police: 1 killed in crash on Dan Ryan Expressway

Feb 15, 2016 | WLSAM Staff
A female was killed when her SUV crashed into a pole Early Monday on the Dan Ryan Expressway. | Network Video Productions

 

(CHICAGO) A female was killed early Monday when her SUV crashed into a concrete barrier and pole on the Dan Ryan Expressway on the South Side, police said.

The female, whose age was not known, was involved in the single-vehicle crash about 1:40 a.m. in the inbound lanes of the Dan Ryan near 87th Street, according to Illinois State Police. She was pinned in the vehicle and had to be extricated.

She was taken to Saint Bernard Hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 2:30 a.m., police said. The Cook County medical examiner’s office could not immediately confirm the fatality.

Police said all lanes of the expressway were open to traffic as of 2:30 a.m. Additional details on the crash were not immediately available.

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Crash on Dan Ryan leaves motorcyclist in serious condition

May 22, 2015 | WLSAM Staff

(CHICAGO) A motorcyclist is in serious condition following a crash on the Dan Ryan Expressway Thursday night.

About 11:20 p.m., a vehicle and motorcycle collided in the northbound lanes near 69th Street, Illinois State Police said.

The man driving the motorcycle – who was only said to be an adult – was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he is in serious condition “with non life-threatening injuries,” police said.

No one else was injured.

Additional details surrounding the crash were not available.

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Outbound Bishop Ford lanes closed for police investigation

May 21, 2015 | WLSAM Staff

(CHICAGO) All lanes on the outbound Bishop Ford Freeway near the Dan Ryan Expressway were closed Thursday morning for a police investigation.

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No traffic was being let into outbound Bishop Ford lanes off the Dan Ryan for a police investigation, beginning at 6:15 a.m., Illinois State Police said. A police representative declined to provide more details.

The length of closures was unknown.

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