1 killed, 4 injured in 7-vehicle crash in La Grange, police say

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At least one person was killed and four others were injured in a bad crash that shut down a west suburban intersection Friday afternoon, police said.

Chopper 7 was over the intersection of 47th Street and Willow Springs Road, on the border of La Grange and Western Springs, around 4:20 p.m.

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Seven vehicles were involved in the crash that happened around 1:50 p.m., La Grange police said. Two of the vehicles are badly damaged.

At least one person was killed and four other people were hurt in the crash, police said.

The age, gender and identity of the person who was killed was not yet known.

What led up to the crash was not immediately clear.

Further information was not immediately available.

The La Grange Police Department continues to investigate.