Man killed in Bishop Ford wrong-way crash in south suburbs ID'd

Illinois State Police said the driver hit a semi and another vehicle but no one else was injured

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Wednesday, February 22, 2023
Man killed in Bishop Ford wrong-way crash in south suburbs ID'd
The Sauk Village man killed in a wrong-way Bishop Ford Expressway crash on an outbound ramp to I-80/94 in South Holland has been ID'd.

SOUTH HOLLAND, Ill. (WLS) -- The driver killed in a wrong-way crash on a Bishop Ford Expressway ramp in the south suburbs Tuesday night has been identified.

Leoist Jenkins, 67, of Sauk Village was driving the wrong way on the southbound Interstate 94 ramp to Interstate 80 in South Holland about 6 p.m. when he hit a semi head-on and then another vehicle, Illinois State Police and the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office said.

He died just after 7 p.m. Tuesday.

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No other injuries were reported.

The southbound I-94 ramp to eastbound I-80 was closed until about 11:30 p.m. for the investigation.

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