Driver ejected, killed in single-car crash on Bishop Ford Freeway

CHICAGO - A woman died after being ejected from her vehicle during a single-car crash Friday morning on the Bishop Ford Freeway.

A white GMC SUV struck the median barrier around 5:50 a.m. and the driver was ejected from the vehicle in the southbound lanes of I-94 near 115th Street, according to Illinois State Police.

The driver, a 54-year-old woman from Berwyn, was pronounced dead at the scene. The Cook County medical examiner's office identified her as Durinda Buchanan.

All southbound lanes were temporarily closed as police investigated.

The initial cause of the crash was not immediately clear.