The crash between a pick-up truck and a semi-tractor trailer occurred at about 12:09 a.m. near 26th Street on the southbound Dan Ryan Expressway just after the ramp to the Stevenson Expressway.
One person was pronounced dead at the scene.
All local outbound traffic was closed for more than five hours as police investigated.
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Further details were not immediately available.