HINSDALE, Ill. (WLS) -- A driver stuck in traffic on the Tri-State Tollway was carjacked Thursday morning by an individual in a reportedly stolen car, Hinsdale police said.
It all began at about 11:30 a.m. in Hinsdale, when officers tried to stop a reportedly stolen car near car dealerships on the Ogden Avenue corridor, police said.
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The vehicle drove onto southbound Interstate 294, and its occupant or occupants carjacked another vehicle stopped in traffic near 55th Street, according to police.
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A Hinsdale officer came across the carjacking shortly after it took place and tried to stop the carjacked vehicle, which drove north on Interstate 55 at a high rate of speed, police said.
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At that point, the officer lost sight of it.
No one was hurt in the incident, and Illinois State Police are investigating the theft on the tollway.