Crime & Safety
Fiery Crash Shuts Down Interstate 55 Tuesday Morning
The northbound lanes were shut for 30 minutes, but the southbound lanes were shut down for more than 6 hours.
A crash between two semis that caught on fire Tuesday morning left Interstate 55 shut down in both directions just after 6:30 a.m.
Illinois State Police Master Sgt. Martez Malone said the southbound lanes were expected to open before 1 p.m. Tuesday, but they had been shut down for more than 6 hours.
No one was injured in the crash.
The crash happened on southbound Interstate 55, between the Route 6 and Bluff Road exits in Channahon.
Although the accident is under investigation, preliminary reports say one semi rear-ended the other and both caught on fire.
"We do confirm that one truck rearended the other," Malone said.
The situation was complicated because one semi was carrying a type of gas and the second was carrying a paper product so the fire kept re-igniting.
That area of Interstate 55 is under construction.
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