Traffic & Transit

I-290 Closed As Bomb Squad Investigates: TV Station

A reporter heard state police referring to an explosion.

WESTCHESTER, IL – Interstate 290 in the western suburbs is backed up in both directions Thursday because of a bomb squad investigating an "active incident," NBC 5 Chicago reported.

Other media reported a death

NBC 5 said the incident started shortly after 10 a.m. in Westchester near Mannheim Road.

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NBC 5 reported that state police could be heard referring to an explosion.

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