Driver seriously wounded in shooting on Eisenhower Expressway near Des Plaines Avenue

Troopers responded to calls of a shooting and a crash in the eastbound lanes around 8:20 p.m. Monday, Illinois State Police said.

An Illinois State Police squad car

A person was shot Nov. 22, 2021 on I-290, near suburban Broadview.

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A driver was shot on the Eisenhower Expressway near Des Plaines Avenue Monday night and was chased by police for two miles before crashing in North Riverside.

Troopers responded to calls of a shooting in the eastbound lanes around 8:20 p.m., Illinois State Police said.

Officers pursued the victim’s vehicle south on Des Plaines Avenue for about two miles before the vehicle crashed near Bar-Tini Lounge in the 2400 block of Des Plaines Avenue in North Riverside, Forest Park Police Chief Kenneth Gross said.

The driver was taken to a hospital in serious condition, state police said. No one else was injured.

State police released no other details of the incident.

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