State troopers responded just after 6:35 a.m. to Illinois Route 171 south of Riley Avenue in Lockport and found one driver deceased on the scene. The other driver was taken to a local hospital with serious injuries, police said.
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All lanes of Route 171, or State Street, are shut down from Grandview Avenue to LaSalle Court for a crash investigation.
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No further information about what led to the crash or the identity of the person killed was immediately available.
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