I-57 News Reports

Peoria undertook efforts last year to clean up prominent homeless encampments along Knoxville Avenue and Interstate 74 near Dries Lane, among other sites across the city. This summer, a significant ... Read More

A woman was struck and killed in a hit-and-run crash on I-57 on the South Side Monday morning, Illinois State Police said. Police said the crash occurred at about 3:48 a.m. in the northbound lanes of I-57 at 111th Street. Read More

COOK COUNTY, Ill. - A person was killed in a hit-and-run crash Monday morning on Interstate 57. The victim was outside their car, which was stopped on the right shoulder of I-57 near 111th Street ... Read More

The name of a pickup driver who suffered fatal injuries after being rear-ended by a Mustang has been released. Read More

An investigation is underway following a fatal hit-and-run crash on northbound Interstate 57. According to Illinois State Police, the crash involving a pedestrian happened around 3:50 a.m. Monday on I ... Read More

An investigation is underway following a fatal hit-and-run crash on Interstate 57. As of 7:50 a.m. Monday, all lanes on northbound I-57 at 119th Street have reopened. According to Illinois State ... Read More

About 3:50 a.m., a vehicle was pulled over on the right shoulder in the northbound lanes on Interstate 57 at 111th Street when a passenger who was outside was struck by a vehicle that didn't stop, ... Read More

Some lanes on I-57 were closed and traffic was backing up during the Monday morning commute after a deadly hit-and-run crash, the Illinois State Police said. Read More

Some lanes on I-57 were closed and traffic was backing up during the Monday morning commute after a deadly hit-and-run crash, the Illinois State Police said. Read More

FRANKLIN COUNTY, Ill. -- A driver crashed off the side of the I-57 Drag Strip on Sunday afternoon. The Central Dispatch of West Franklin County responded to the scene. A representative from the ... Read More

Heavy rainstorms and stuck trucks can quickly mean rerouting for south suburban drivers navigating area viaducts; fixes expensive ... Read More

Just one day after a rollover crash killed 20 cows in a cattle hauler and set more loose, a semi overturned and released oats onto the ... Read More

Part of I-57 northbound in Douglas County shut down temporarily Friday afternoon after a semi-truck overturned, spilling oats onto the roadway. State Police told WCIA that just after 2 p.m., officers responded to exit ramp 212 to US Route 36 in Tusco Read More

The car traveled approximately two-thirds of a mile through a corn field before resting near the I-57 outside Hensley Township early Friday morning, police said. Read More

Illinois State Police responded to the rollover of a semi carrying 67 head of cattle at 2:29 a.m. at milepost ... one of the cattle that had gotten loose and was walking across the highway. No human ... Read More

The initial crash took place near milepost 211, but a truck traveling north on the I-57 then struck one of the up to 18 loose cows walking across the lanes ... Read More

The hauler was loaded with 67 cattle at the time of the crash and the approximately 20 cattle killed included one that was struck by a truck-tractor semi-trailer. Read More

The state already has approved $162 million in funding to build an interchange on Interstate 57 that would serve the airport. The state must still acquire about 400 acres of property before the ... Read More

Approximately 20 minutes after the initial crash, a truck-tractor semi-trailer traveling on northbound I-57 struck one of the loose cows. The northbound lanes of I-57 between Arcola and Tuscola were ... Read More