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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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David Struett

5 hurt in Stevenson Expy. crash at Damen

A traffic camera shows traffic on the outbound Stevenson Expressway near a crash Wednesday at Damen Avenue. | Illinois Department of Transportation

Five people were injured, two of them seriously, in a crash Wednesday afternoon on the Stevenson Expressway.

Three vehicles crashed in the outbound lanes about 2:20 p.m. near Damen Avenue, according to Illinois State Police spokeswoman Jayme Bufford.

Three people were taken by ambulance in fair-to-serious condition, and one person in serious-to-critical condition, to Stroger Hospital, according to Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford. Another person was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in serious-to-critical condition, he said.

All outbound lanes were closed until about 3:10 p.m., Bufford said. The circumstances of the crash were not immediately released.

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