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Cook County educator identified as person killed in crash on Dan Ryan Expressway

By Fox 32 News
Published  April 14, 2023 6:36am CDT
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Person killed on Dan Ryan identified as suburban assistant principal

Rosia Mitchell was found dead on the Dan Ryan early Friday. She had fallen out of a Jeep and was hit by two cars. Mitchell worked at Brookwood Junior High in Glenwood.

CHICAGO - A driver was killed after being ejected from their car on the outbound Dan Ryan near the Stevenson Expressway causing solid traffic Friday morning. 

Illinois State Police blocked the local southbound lanes at 31st Street and directed traffic onto the express lanes after the crash around 5 a.m.

The driver of a Jeep Wrangler fell out of the vehicle for unknown reasons and the car ran off the roadway striking a concrete median, according to state police. 

The person was then struck by two vehicles, one of which fled the scene. The individual that was struck was later identified as Rosia Mitchell, an assistant principal at Brookwood Junior High School in Glenwood. 

Driver ejected on outbound Dan Ryan, local lanes temporarily closed

A driver was ejected from their vehicle in a single-car crash on the outbound Dan Ryan near the Stevenson Expressway Friday morning.

The investigation took several hours and the outbound lanes remained closed until 11:55 a.m.

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Mitchell was pronounced dead on scene. No other injuries were reported.

No additional information is available at this time.