Inbound Dan Ryan lanes closed after fatal crash on South Side

One person was killed, another injured and a third fled the scene following a two-vehicle wreck on the inbound Dan Ryan Expressway Friday morning on the South Side.

State troopers responded to a two-vehicle crash around 5:50 a.m. on the Dan Ryan near Marquette Road and found a person who was ejected from one of the vehicles, Illinois state police said.

The person was pronounced dead and another was taken to an area hospital with various injuries, state police said.

One occupant of one of the vehicles fled the scene, authorities said.

Lanes remained closed for investigation as of 7:05 a.m. with no immediate timeline for when they’d reopen, officials said.

No further information was immediately available.

Sun-Times Wire

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