CHICAGO (WLS) -- A wrong-way driver crashed into a garbage truck on the Kennedy Expressway early Tuesday morning, causing major delays, Illinois State Police said.
The crash happened at about 5:48 a.m. on the Kennedy Expressway between North Avenue and Armitage Avenue on the Northwest Side.
Illinois State Police said the passenger vehicle was driving southbound on the northbound ramp when it struck a garbage truck head-on.
Crews closed all Kennedy Expressway lanes four about an hour and a half. IDOT told ABC7 there was a fuel spill on the expressway.
The wrong-way driver was taken to the hospital. No life-threatening injuries have been reported.
All lanes were back open by 7:15 a.m.
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