ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Ill. (WLS) -- Two drivers were killed in a north suburban head-on crash early Sunday morning, Illinois State Police said.
The wrong-way crash happened in Elk Grove Village on Route 53 at Biesterfield Road around 2 a.m., police said.
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A vehicle was traveling southbound from Golf Road in the Route 53 northbound lanes and struck another vehicle head-on, police said. The drivers of both vehicles were pronounced dead.
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Traffic was being diverted to Route 53 northbound to Biesterfield for the crash investigation, but all lanes were reopened at approximately 5:38 a.m.
Police did not immediately provide further information about the crash.