Chicago weather: Icy conditions lead to crashes, road closures

ByABC7 Chicago Digital Team and Evelyn Holmes WLS logo
Thursday, February 6, 2025 6:09PM

Icy weather leaves slippery roads, sidewalks
Stepping outside this morning had a lot of us holding on for dear life.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Icy conditions on Chicago area roads have led to several crashes late Wednesday night and early Thursday morning.

The crashes comes as a winter storm brought freezing rain to the area, with a small amount of ice accumulating on untreated surfaces.

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Illinois State Police responded to several crashes Wednesday night and Thursday morning, including spinouts and slideoffs on the Edens Expressway near Tower Road.

A woman slips while trying to stop her car from sliding down her icy driveway.

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Tawani Fox spent the morning in the emergency room at RUSH Medical Center after he said he slipped and fell hard on the ice.

"Last night I came out, there was so much ice," Fox said. " I bust my lip and i hit my head and almost went unconscious."

The Chicago man went home with some antibiotics and some pain medication.

The hospital said he's one of over two dozen people who came in for slip and falls overnight.

"Some of the most common injuries, unfortunately, that people come in with are fractures from slips and falls and hitting the ground," RUSH physical therapist Philip Malloy said. Other things are concussions from hitting your head or just sprains, strains, contusions, or torn ligaments just from an awkward slip and fall on the ice."

Conditions were just as bad in the suburbs.

One woman parked her Jeep in a Clarendon Hills driveway and as she walked into the house, her SUV started sliding down the driveway. She tried to catch it, but fell down. We're told she's OK and no one was in the vehicle.

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Temperatures on Thursday will warm up to about 40, so any ice and sleet accumulation will quickly melt away during the day. Another storm system Saturday could also bring a wintry mix to much of the area.

The Illinois Tollway and IDOT are warning drivers to be especially careful on bridges, overpasses, and on and off ramps, which are some of the most ice-prone areas.

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