I-90 accident today Illinois: Bus driver killed, woman injured in Addams Tollway crash

CHICAGO (WLS) -- One person was killed and another injured in an accident involving a bus on the Jane Addams Expressway near Elk Grove Friday afternoon, according to police.

State police said the bus crossed over into another lane just before 3 p.m., hitting a Nissan traveling in the same direction and causing both vehicles to hit the median wall.

Investigators said the Nissan flipped onto its roof on the left shoulder, while the bus crossed all lanes of traffic and came to a rest on the right side of the roadway.

The driver of the bus, a 66-year-old man from Wheeling, was pronounced dead at the scene, state police said. His name has not yet been released.

Police said the driver of the Nissan, a 62-year-old woman from Chicago, was transported to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries.

Westbound lanes of I-90 were blocked near Busse Road for several hours as police investigated the crash.