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Illinois State Police: Construction worker killed after being hit by semi-truck on Kennedy Highway
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Illinois State Police: Construction worker killed after being hit by semi-truck on Kennedy Highway

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Tuesday, 5 November 2024 12:42

Hit-and-run construction worker killed on Kennedy Highway: ISP

Hit-and-run construction worker killed on Kennedy Highway: ISPA construction worker was killed in a hit-and-run crash with a truck on the Kennedy Expressway Monday night, Illinois State Police said.

CHICAGO (Wales) — Illinois State Police say a construction worker was killed in a hit-and-run incident on the Kennedy Expressway Monday night.

The accident occurred around 9:20 p.m. in the departure lanes of the Kennedy Expressway on Kinzie Street.

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Police said the worker was on a lift painting Hubbard’s Cave, but was struck by a semi-truck that did not stop at the scene.

This crash triggered a second crash involving at least two vehicles.

The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the worker as 54-year-old Francisco Padilla-Gutierrez. Police said the people in those vehicles refused treatment.

The lanes, which were closed for a few hours, were reopened around 12.30 p.m.

Further details were not immediately available.

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