Crash Forces Traffic Off Bishop Ford at 159th Street

SOUTH HOLLAND, IL - Traffic in both directions on the Bishop Ford Expressway is being forced off at 159th Street as the Illinois State Police investigate a crash that occurred between there and Sibley Boulevard just before 3 p.m. Friday.

The traffic will remain diverted until at least 5:30 p.m., according to WGN-TV Traffic, which has a helicopter providing photographs of the backups via its Twitter account.

A "crash with entrapment" was first reported in the area by WGN around 2:50 p.m. Backups in the inbound lanes (where the crash occurred) began immediately as far east as Torrence Avenue.

One lane was getting by until State Police arrived to investigate.

It is not immediately known whether there are any injuries associated with the crash.

This is a developing story. Check back here later for updates.

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Per Illinois State Police, IB Bishop Ford traffic will remain diverted off @ 159th St for another 90 minutes. pic.twitter.com/20ITSzomSE
— WGN-TV Traffic (@WGNtraffic) February 17, 2017