MAPLE PARK (WBBM NEWSRADIO) - A person has died after a wrong-way crash in Kane County Monday morning.
A driver was traveling westbound in the eastbound lanes of I-88 (Reagan Tollway) around 5:15 a.m. when they crashed head-on into another car near Watson Road in Maple Park.
Illinois State Police said both vehicles became fully engulfed in flames, and the wrong-way driver was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the car that was struck was taken to a nearby hospital with life threatening injuries.
All eastbound lanes were shut down for several hours, but have since reopened.
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