Northbound Edens Expressway closed in Northbrook, Illinois, after 5-vehicle crash
Illinois State Police said, around 10:40 a.m., troopers responded to a crash in the northbound lanes of Interstate 94 near Dundee Road involving five vehicles.
All northbound lanes were closed after the crash.
There was no immediate word on injuries or the cause of the crash.
The southbound lanes of the Edens Expressway were closed for several hours on July 8 after a 60-year-old man was killed in a three-car crash in the same location.
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