Illinois State Police: 1 dead after semi-truck drives down I-80 embankment and overturns on Kedzie Avenue

HAZEL CREST, Ill. (WLS) – One person was killed when a semi-trailer truck drove down an embankment on I-80 in the southern suburbs Tuesday morning, Illinois State Police said.

The accident occurred in the eastbound lanes of I-80 near Kedzie Avenue.

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According to police, the semi-trailer left the roadway, fell down an embankment and overturned onto Kedzie Avenue.

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Police said the driver of the semi-truck was dead. One lane on eastbound I-80 is closed and both directions of Kedzie Avenue under I-80 are closed, police said.

The police are investigating; further details were not immediately available.