CHICAGO (WLS) -- A man died after police said he rear-ended an IDOT minuteman truck on the Stevenson Expressway Monday morning.
IDOT said an IDOT minuteman was helping a taxi on the side of the Stevenson at Pulaski Road when just after 2 a.m., a car veered off into the right shoulder and rear ended the IDOT truck and as a result the truck bumped into the taxi.
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The man who hit the IDOT truck was transported to Mt. Sinai Hospital, where he later died. The man has been identified to authorities as 33-year-old Jefferey Bedenfield of Chicago.
The IDOT minuteman suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
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All outbound lanes of the Stevenson were blocked after the crash. Shortly before 6 a.m., two southbound lanes were back open and by 7:30 a.m., all lanes were back open.