2 injured in wrong-way head-on crash on I-57

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Two people were injured early Saturday in a wrong-way head-on crash involving a semi-truck on I-57 in the south suburbs.

The crash happened about 4:15 a.m. at I-57 near 147th Street, according to Illinois State police.

The driver of vehicle was heading north in the southbound lanes of I-57 when they crashed head-on into a semi-truck, state police said.

The two occupants of the truck and vehicle where taken to hospitals with injuries that were not life-threatening, police said.

State police were investigating the crash.

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