Man dies in I-55 rollover crash at Cicero Avenue

The impact caused the van to overturn several times and eject an unbuckled rear passenger, state police said.

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Five people were hospitalized after a two vehicle crash in Portage Park Jan. 4, 2020.

The impact caused the van to overturn several times and eject an unbuckled rear passenger on Aug. 18, 2019, state police said.

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A man was killed in a rollover crash during heavy rain Sunday on a Chicago expressway.

A Toyota passenger van was traveling northbound on Interstate 55 at Cicero Avenue about 9:20 a.m. when its driver lost control of the vehicle due to the rain and veered from the center lane into the median barrier, Illinois State Police said in a statement.

The impact caused the van to overturn several times and eject an unbuckled rear passenger, state police said. The passenger, a 70-year-old man from Naperville, was taken to Stroger Hospital and pronounced dead three days later on Wednesday.

Two other occupants of the van, a 67-year-old Naperville woman and 12-year-old girl, were taken to hospitals in serious condition, state police said. Their conditions had stabilized.

State police reported that the 44-year-old female driver and 15-year-old male passenger were uninjured.

An autopsy released Thursday found the 70-year-old man died of multiple injuries from the crash, the Cook County medical examiner’s office said. His death was ruled accidental.

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