Crime & Safety
Roads Reopen After Crash at Skokie Boulevard and Lincoln Avenue (UPDATE)
Police are still urging motorists to avoid the area.

Update, 5 p.m. The intersection of Skokie Boulevard and Lincoln Avenue, as well as Golf Road between Gross Point Road and Crawford Avenue are open.
Original story: posted 1:30 p.m. Monday.
SKOKIE, IL - A car accident has traffic slowed in Skokie Monday afternoon.
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The Skokie Police Department urged motorists to avoid the intersection of Lincoln Avenue and Skokie Boulevard for the next few hours, beginning at 2 p.m., in a Nixle alert sent to the community.
The reason to avoid the area was listed as an auto accident.
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The area is in Skokie just south of Howard Street near Lincolnwood.
Nearby Golf Road has also been closed, according to a WGN traffic report.
#SKOKIE: Consider Church St or Old Orchard Rd as alternates, due to Golf Rd closure. pic.twitter.com/vbzo56JrVU
— WGN-TV Traffic (@WGNtraffic) October 17, 2016
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