3 vehicles involved in fatal I-55 crash in Will County, Illinois State Police say

WILL COUNTY (WLS) — Three vehicles were involved in a fatal crash on I-55 in Will County Monday morning, Illinois State Police said.

Police said the crash occurred in the southbound lanes of the Stevenson Expressway at Weber Road at about 3:49 a.m.

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One vehicle was traveling southbound on I-55 and sideswiped another vehicle before stopping in the lane of traffic, police said.

A third vehicle then struck the vehicle that had stopped, causing it to catch fire, police said. The driver in that first vehicle was pronounced dead on the scene.

A passenger in the third vehicle was transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

All southbound lanes of the expressway were blocked with traffic is being diverted off at Weber Road. Lanes were back open after 10 a.m.

A previous version of this story reported that four vehicles were involved on the crash, based on information from police.