CHICAGO (CBS) — Three people were killed early Friday in a head-on crash, after a driver started going in the wrong direction on the Reagan Memorial Tollway in west suburban Warrenville.
Illinois State Police said the 30-year-old driver of a 2012 Toyota was heading east in the westbound lanes of Interstate 88 around 1 a.m., and collided head-on into a 2007 Chrysler.
The driver of the Toyota and the two people in the Chrysler were killed in the crash. So far, authorities have not released the victims’ names.
Police said it’s not yet clear if alcohol played a role in the crash, but an earlier traffic mishap did. A witness told police the Toyota was heading west on I-88 when, for some unknown reason, he struck a barrier wall and spun around.
“The witness states that it looked like, in the rearview mirror, that he corrected himself but headed back the wrong way, going eastbound in the westbound lanes, and then made contact with the second vehicle head-on,” Illinois State Police Sgt. Steve Dunlop said.
All westbound lanes of Interstate 88 were shut down at Naperville Road after the crash, while investigators reconstructed the crash. The lanes did not reopen until about 6:15 a.m.
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