Chicago Traffic: Trooper hospitalized after I-57 crash in northbound lanes in Morgan Park near 107th Street, ISP reports

CHICAGO (WLS) — An Illinois State Trooper was investigating a crash when he was struck by another vehicle on Interstate 57 Monday morning.

The crash occurred just after 10:20 a.m. in the northbound lane of I-57 near 107th Street in Morgan Park.

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“I kept hearing the ambulance and police helicopters in the area and I didn’t know what was happening. I just came there,” said resident Londell Williams.

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For some time, northbound traffic was only in the left lane.

“When I arrived there was a lot more traffic, trucks were tipping over on their sides,” said resident Patricia Wilson.

The soldier was taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

“I know the paramedics were there. And when I left, they were pulling out the cart to put someone in it,” said driver Dedric McCullough.

Police did not immediately provide any information identifying the officer or details of the vehicle that hit him.