Truck Driver Killed In I-294 Crash Caused By Weather

BURR RIDGE, IL - The driver of a pick up truck who lost control of his car on Interstate 294 near Burr Ridge Wednesday morning died after colliding with a semi-trailer. Illinois State Police say the 38-year-old Waukegan man was transported to La Grange Hospital after paramedics responded to Mile Post 24 on I-294 around 5:40 a.m.

The man, who was driving a blue 2004 Ford F250 pick-up truck succumbed to his injuries from the crash at the hospital. He had not been identified as of early Wednesday afternoon.

The fatal victim was traveling southbound on I-294 near milepost 24 in the Burr Ridge/Indian Head PArk area when he lost control of his car due to weather conditions, police said in a news release. A preliminary investigation shows his car spun out of control and struck the rear of a purple 1996 Kenworth Truck Tractor with Semi-Trailer that was driven by a 24-year-old man from Hoffman Estates.

Police did not indicate whether the driver of the semi-trailer was injured in the crash. The incident remains under investigation.

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