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Updated: All I-55 lanes open again in Will County after semitrailer crash

By Felix Sarver
Workers continue to work on reopening I-55 hours after the wreck involving two semitrailers. A crash involving two semitrailers shutdown down southbound I-55 as diesel fuel, water bottles and soybeans covered all lanes of Interstate 55 south of the I-80 interchange early Wednesday morning.

Workers continue to work on reopening I-55 hours after the wreck involving two semitrailers. A crash involving two semitrailers shutdown down southbound I-55 as diesel fuel, water bottles and soybeans covered all lanes of Interstate 55 south of the I-80 interchange early Wednesday morning. (Gary Middendorf - gmiddendorf@shawmedia.com/Gary Middendorf)

Lanes have been re-opened on Interstate 55 in Will County following the clean-up of diesel fuel, water bottles and soybeans that spilled on the roadways from a crash involving two semitrailers.

The clean-up of the crash on Wednesday morning led to the closure of the southbound lanes of I-55 at I-80, including the entrance ramp from eastbound lanes of I-80 to I-55, the ramp from the westbound lanes of I-80 to I-55, according to Illinois State Police.

Troopers responded to the crash at close to 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, which led to lane closures on I-55 until those lanes were re-opened at about 1 p.m. the same day, police said.

Southbound I-55 traffic is rerouted off the interstate. A crash involving two semitrailers shutdown down southbound I-55 as diesel fuel, water bottles and soybeans covered all lanes of Interstate 55 south of the I-80 interchange early Wednesday morning.

Southbound I-55 traffic is rerouted off the interstate. A crash involving two semitrailers shutdown down southbound I-55 as diesel fuel, water bottles and soybeans covered all lanes of Interstate 55 south of the I-80 interchange early Wednesday morning. (Gary Middendorf - gmiddendorf@shawmedia.com/Gary Middendorf)

Troopers first responded to the incident about 5:28 a.m. Wednesday at I-55 near I-80 interchange in Will County, police said.

Preliminary reports of the crash showed that a semitrailer was parked n the right shoulder of I-55 when the vehicle was struck by another semitrailer, police said.

A worker removes damaged soy bean products from a semitrailer. A crash involving two semitrailers shutdown down southbound I-55 as diesel fuel, water bottles and soybeans covered all lanes of Interstate 55 south of the I-80 interchange early Wednesday morning.

A worker removes damaged soy bean products from a semitrailer. A crash involving two semitrailers shutdown down southbound I-55 as diesel fuel, water bottles and soybeans covered all lanes of Interstate 55 south of the I-80 interchange early Wednesday morning. (Gary Middendorf - gmiddendorf@shawmedia.com/Gary Middendorf)

“Diesel, water bottles, and soybeans are covering all lanes of Interstate 55,” police said.

One of the drivers of the semitrailers was taken to a hospital with minor injuries, police said.

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