Crime & Safety
3 Die in I-57/Route 45 Wreck in Kankakee
The speeding car veered off the road Monday morning. One person survived.
KANKAKEE — Three people died when a speeding car veered off Route 45 after leaving I-57 and struck a light pole in Kankakee early Monday morning. Four people were in the car when it struck the pole, and three were killed on impact at about 5 a.m., according to police. The fourth was taken to a hospital.
The Kankakee Daily Journal offers details:
The driver was speeding and ran into a stop light, tossing the car into a nearby culvert. Two of the men who died were pinned inside the vehicle. The driver, who also died, was ejected. A fourth has survived and made it out on his own before a witness called police and paramedics.
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The Kankakee County Coroner told the Daily Journal alcohol was in the car but autopsies have yet to be conducted to conclude whether the driver had been drinking.
3 men died in this Nissan Altima after it hit pole & plunged down embankment in Kankakee. @cbschicago #kankakee pic.twitter.com/cYrlwScIk7
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