Two-vehicle crash on I-55 southbound with one injured, Chicago IL

Traffic

Reported: 11/11/2025 12:55 PM

I-55, Chicago, IL

A traffic accident involving two vehicles occurred on I-55 southbound near Lejure Drive before the State Street exit. One driver was injured and requested an ambulance. A white vehicle was reported to have cut off another driver and was last seen traveling on Fullerton.

Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 04

02:16

Transcript:

00:00

Hey, well, there's a, I'm at a traffic accident.

00:03

It's on the I-55 south,

00:06

just when you get on the I-55 south, off near Lejure Drive, before the State Street exit,

00:13

I can give you the plate when you're ready.

00:18

Okay, we're ready.

00:21

(name withheld) 355-40 is the first car.

00:30

Okay.

00:33

And the other one is (name withheld) 237875.

00:42

It's a truck.

00:46

Is that (name withheld) 237-875 at the truck?

00:52

Yeah, work truck.

00:55

Okay, time for it.

00:56

And do they need paramedics?

01:03

No.

01:05

I work with the one that's going to need a tow truck.

01:08

I'm trying to get on the other side.

01:09

I'm trying to get to the shoulder.

01:11

But both of them do not, the paramedics are fine.

01:14

Okay, well let's state now.

01:21

814, can you reassign on Parker?

01:26

Yeah, 1040.

01:31

Sergeant and 18.

01:34

20.

01:36

I'm going to have to throw a backlog until the cars come out.

01:39

9.9.

01:45

100 x-ray.

01:47

100.

01:50

Can we actually get an ambulance?

01:53

One from the first car,

01:56

a little surgeon off and the legs are hurt around.

01:58

Can we get an ambulance for her?

02:01

Yeah, it's on for.

02:07

Information for the air, Ashton at Fullerton, there was a white vehicle that cut her off while driving,

02:14

and it was last seen traveling Weston on Fullerton.

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