CHICAGO (CBS/WBBM) ― An IDOT “minuteman” driver was injured when a car hit his truck early Monday.
All express lanes on the southbound Dan Ryan Expressway were shut down after the accident.
Illinois Department of Transportation truck 953 was blocking a lane on the southbound Dan Ryan while trying to collect a vehicle that was in a lane from an earlier accident, Illinois State Police said.
The IDOT worker was not seriously hurt, but will be taken to an area hospital, state police said.
The driver of the vehicle that hit the IDOT truck was more seriously hurt, but his injuries were not life-threatening, state police said.
State police say the crash will “most likely” result in the arrest of the driver who hit the IDOT truck, because he is believed to have been impaired at the time.
Illinois State Police continue their investigation into the crash.
The IDOT “Minutemen,” or the Emergency Traffic Patrol program, dispatches teams of emergency patrol vehicles and drivers to traffic disruptions and potential safety problems caused by accidents, disabled vehicles, or hazardous debris on high-traffic volume segments of the Illinois interstate system.
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