A two-vehicle crash on Interstate 80 bridge in Joliet led to two people to suffer broken bones and caused one vehicle to become fully engulfed in flames.
About 5:35 p.m. Wednesday, Illinois State Police troopers responded to the incident in the eastbound lanes of I-80 at the at Des Plaines River Bridge.
The troopers received a “report of an injury crash with one of the vehicles fully engulfed in flames in the right lane,” according to a statement from Illinois State Police.
One of the two vehicles in the crash caught on fire and was consumed by fire when crews arrived, according to Joliet Fire Chief Jeff Carey.
“Passersby pulled the person out of the car prior. [Two] people were transported to the hospital with broken bones in their lower extremities,” Carey said.
All eastbound lanes were shut down at 5:50 p.m. Wednesday.
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