CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) - A person is dead after being hit by a vehicle on the Kennedy Expressway Christmas evening.
It happened about 5:45 p.m. Wednesday.
Illinois State Police troopers responded to the inbound Kennedy between Canfield and Harlem for a report of a deadly crash.
State Police said, for unknown reasons, a pedestrian had entered the left lane of traffic and was hit by a vehicle. The pedestrian was transported to a hospital and was later declared deceased.
Debris from the crash entered the middle lane and struck another vehicle.
State Police said no other injuries were reported. but the Christmas traffic was snarled, as the inbound Kennedy was shut down at Cumberland for several hours.
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