3 dead after wrong way crash on I-290

3 dead after wrong way crash on I-290
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CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) — A wrong-way crash on the Eisenhower Expressway near suburban Hillside takes the lives of three young men New Year's Day.

Illinois State Police said the crash happened on Interstate 290 near Mannheim Road Saturday morning shortly after 5 a.m.

Authorities said a man behind the wheel of a blue 2017 Mazda M6 was in the westbound lanes going east when he crashed head-on into a blue 2012 Nissan Maxima that was westbound.

According to state police, both drivers and one Nissan passenger, all three in their twenties, were killed instantly.

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