An Illinois Department of Transportation worker and a state trooper were injured when a car hit them while working the scene of a crash early Monday morning near Englewood, police said.
The workers were in their vehicles at the scene of a single-vehicle crash around 2:45 a.m. when a passing car struck them both on the Dan Ryan near 63rd Street, according to Illinois State Police.
Both the IDOT and state police vehicles had emergency lights activated when the car hit them.
The trooper and the driver of the car that hit them were taken to a nearby hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening. The IDOT worker had minor injuries, but wasn’t hospitalized.
The lanes were closed briefly after the crash but opened about an hour later.
