CHICAGO (WLS) -- A pedestrian is dead and two other people are injured after a Stevenson Expressway crash on Chicago's Southwest Side, Illinois State Police said.
ISP said the crash happened on Interstate 55 at Cicero Avenue just after 6:40 p.m.
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Three pedestrians were trying to change a tire on the passenger side of a vehicle stopped on the right shoulder of I-55 when a pickup truck left the roadway and traveled onto the shoulder, ISP said. The truck struck the stopped vehicle and two of the pedestrians.
ISP said one pedestrian was transported to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries and was later pronounced dead. Another pedestrian and the pickup truck's driver were transported to local hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries. The third pedestrian reported no injuries on the scene.
All southbound lanes were shut down at Cicero Avenue after the crash. All lanes were back open Monday morning.
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Authorities did not immediately provide further information about the crash.