CHICAGO (WLS) -- A child was killed in an early Sunday morning crash on Interstate 55 in Cook County, Illinois State Police said.
The crash happened at about 3:15 a.m. in the Stevenson Expressway's northbound lanes at Harlem Avenue near Chicago's Garfield Ridge neighborhood, ISP said. A 12-year-old was a passenger in a vehicle when, for unknown reasons, it lost control and rolled over.
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The child, who was ejected from the vehicle, was transported to a local hospital, where she were pronounced dead, ISP said.
The girl has been identified as 12-year-old Jennifer Lopez, of Gage Park, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office.
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All northbound lanes were closed for the crash investigation and traffic was rerouted at Harlem Avenue, ISP said. Police did not immediately provide further information about the crash.