Crime & Safety

Car Crashes Off Overpass, Man Critically Injured

Traffic was held up Thursday morning on Interstate 80/94 as a car crashed off Torrence Avenue.

LANSING, IL — A man in his 30s was critically injured when a car crashed off an overpass and caught fire in south suburban Lansing early Thursday.

Illinois State Police said a car crashed along Torrence Avenue shortly before 3:45 a.m., and then plunged off an overpass onto Interstate 80/94 and caught fire.

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