State police received reports of multiple crashes on northbound I-57, starting at 127th Street Tuesday morning.
Hassan A. Moutassim of Jersey City allegedly drove his semitrailer recklessly on northbound I-57, resulting in the crashes.
After the last crash near Halsted Street, Moutassim got out of his truck, police said.
He reportedly pulled a driver out of a crashed vehicle and began beating him, police said.
He also tried to strangle him, according to police.
Moutassim was taken into custody, and the victim was taken to a local hospital with injuries.
He's been charged with attempted murder, aggravated battery on a public way and aggravated battery-strangulation, police said.
He's being held, pending a court appearance.
The crash shut down I-57 Tuesday morning.
The video in the player above is from an earlier report.
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