Emergency vehicles at the scene of a fatal collision on the Dan Ryan Expressway. Video by Stacey Wescott.
Illinois State Police have closed the inbound express lanes on the Dan Ryan Expressway from 51st Street after a fatal collision this morning.
Local lanes remain open.
The accident occurred on the expressway near 26th Street at about 4:30 a.m., Chicago Fire Department spokesman Kevin MacGregor said.
One person was pronounced dead on arrival, and fire officials transported four people to area hospitals in critical condition, MacGregor said.
All of the injured had to be extricated from their vehicles, MacGregor said.
Two of those injured were taken to John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, and two were taken to Northwestern Memorial, MacGregor said.
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