DUI Checkpoint On I-294 In East Hazel Crest Night Before 4th

EAST HAZEL CREST, IL — A "roadside safety check" the night before the Fourth of July will be held on the Tri-State Tollway in East Hazel Crest, and Illinois State Police officers will be looking for drunk drivers. District 15 Interim Commander Jason Bradley said the check will be on the northbound Tri-State Tollway (I-294/I80) at the Halsted Street Toll Plaza during the late evening hours of July 3 until the early morning hours of July 4, according to a news release from the Illinois Department of Transportation.

State police officers working the checkpoint will also look for drivers who are "operating vehicles in an unsafe manner," driving with a suspended or revoked driver's license and transporting open alcoholic beverages.

IDOT cited in its news release numbers from 2018 that showed alcohol was involved in 27 percent of the 951 fatal crashes on Illinois roadways that year.