(WAND) — Three people were injured in a crash that closed lanes of I-57 for six hours on Tuesday.
The Illinois State Police reported lane closures of I-57 near Pesotum due to a commercial vehicle crash on Tuesday evening. Traffic in both lanes was diverted for around an hour and a half until the northbound lane was able to be cleared. The southbound lane remained closed for another four and a half hours.
The preliminary investigation shows that a dump truck entered the left lane going southbound from the inside shoulder after working on the median cables and was struck by a semi. The impact caused the semi to catch fire.
The driver of the dump truck was transported by helicopter to a hospital with injuries. The passenger of the dump truck and the driver of the semi were transported by ambulance to a hospital with injuries.
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