UPDATE: Illinois State Police released the identity of the truck driver Glen D. Dantuma, of Hartford, Wisconsin, who was killed when the UPS tandem trailer truck crash into a median and possibly the bridge support of 47th street. The truck was southbound on I-294 about 2:30 Tuesday when the went out of control on the roadway that was slick from heavy rain. One of the two tandem trailers crossed over into the northbound lanes of I-294 near 47th Street.
Dantuma transported to LaGrange Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
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Illinois State Police and Hinsdale firefighter/paramedics responded about 2:55 AM Tuesday to a report of a truck crash on I-294 at 47th Street Hinsdale, Illinois. Police and firefighter/paramedics arrived to find a UPS semi-trailer truck crashed through the media from the southbound lanes to the northbound lanes of I-294 under the 47th Street bridge.
An accident investigation is ongoing by the Illinois State Police.
Southbound I-294 was backed up to US 34 at 5:30 am.
Northbound I-294 was backed up to I-55 at 5:30 am.
Packages and debris on the road.
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