Crime & Safety

3 Dead After Car Crash in New Lenox

Three Crest Hill residents died Saturday morning after their car hit a piece of construction equipment on Interstate 80. Police say the weather was not a factor.

Three Crest Hill residents died Saturday morning after their car hit a piece of construction equipment on Interstate 80.

The responded to the accident at about 2:30 a.m., according to the Chicago Tribune.

Reader Todd Sherman, who provided the photo, said it appeared that the car hit a backhoe that was parked in the median.

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Police were still investigating the cause of the accident Saturday. Read the Chicago Tribune for more information.


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