Lake-Effect Snow Contributes To 38-Car Pileup On Kennedy Expressway
By Chuck Sudo in News on Feb 15, 2015 8:00PM
The Kennedy expressway is slowly returning to normal as of post time after a pileup involving over three dozen vehicles shut down the roadway and snarled Sunday traffic.
Photos: Multi-vehicle crash on the Kennedy Expressway. http://t.co/fJz5e8t4qu pic.twitter.com/APoV3owTMw
— Chicago Tribune (@chicagotribune) February 15, 2015Updated story: http://t.co/xP3uO5PQ35 RT @craignewman: Traffic on the Kennedy is moving - kinda. https://t.co/QkN8zxbuMn
— Chicago Sun-Times (@Suntimes) February 15, 2015TRAFFIC ALERT: Multiple crashes btwn Armitage and North close INBOUND Kennedy express lanes http://t.co/hb5BU3vY6q pic.twitter.com/kGw7wiuzKl
— ABC 7 Chicago (@ABC7Chicago) February 15, 2015TRAFFIC UPDATE: 1 inbound Kennedy express lane open, crews still clearing 39-car pileup http://t.co/XLWAmJTJO9 pic.twitter.com/W0MXtwlMXE
— ABC 7 Chicago (@ABC7Chicago) February 15, 2015Multi-car crash inbound #Kennedy at Armitage. Traffic NOT moving. Please drive safe everyone! #Chicago @cbschicago pic.twitter.com/CUTe77P4kh
— Molly Miossi (@MollyCBS2) February 15, 2015The lake effect snow was believed to have been a contributing factor in the initial crash at 10:15 a.m. on the southbound lanes near the Ohio Street exit. The resulting chain reaction resulted in a total of 38 vehicles crashing all the way to North Avenue.
Fifteen people were taken to area hospitals with non-life threatening injuries. As of 1 p.m., the express lanes remain closed. Traffic was being rerouted off the expressway at Armitage and IDOT is working to clear the cars from the expressway.