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Driver ejected, killed in crash on Bishop Ford Freeway in Dolton

By Maggie Duly

Updated August 21, 2024 6:25am CDT

Dolton

FOX 32 Chicago

Bishop Ford Freeway reopens after fatal crash

Southbound I-94 reopened around 9 a.m. after it was shut down for a fatal crash investigation. State police said a driver was killed after rear-ending a tow truck around 2 a.m.

DOLTON, Ill. - The Illinois State Police launched an investigation into a deadly Wednesday morning crash on Interstate 94 in Dolton.

Troopers responded to a two-car crash in the southbound lanes of the Bishop Ford Freeway at Dolton Road around 2 a.m.

A car rear-ended a tow truck and the car's driver was ejected. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene. She was identified as 51-year-old Victoria Adetokunbo Joseph, of Lynwood, Illinois.

All southbound lanes of I-94 were closed at 130th Street. The interstate has since been reopened.

No further information is available at this time.