Snowfall, icy roads and winter weather are contributing to Chicago car accidents as we head into the weekend.
With snow continuing to fall in the Chicago area on Thursday, the Illinois State Police put an emergency snow plan into effect — telling drivers who had accidents not to call 911 unless there were injuries.
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About 8 to 12 inches of snow was expected in the area, ABC News reported.
In Chicago, the Department of Streets and Sanitation already announced Wednesday that the Snow Command Center will use ground sensors and closely watch nearly 1,000 cameras positioned throughout the city. Drivers are also advised to pay close attention to winter parking restrictions to avoid getting towed, ABC7 News reported.
Up to a foot of snow is expected in the Chicago area and as many as 500 flights could be cancelled, according to The Sun-Times.
Elsewhere in Illinois, a suburban teenager died in an Illinois car accident Thursday morning on Interstate 57 that is being blamed on icy roads and winter weather, WJBD radio reported.
The Marion County coroner said the 17-year-old Aurora teen was a passenger in an SUV that slammed into the rear end of a slow moving semi in the southbound lanes of I-57, about a mile south of the Salem exit.
The Illinois semi accidentoccurred just before 8 a.m. Thursday morning. The victim’s mother, father and younger sister were being transported to St. Louis University Hospital.
The fire department reported that three of the passengers had to be cut from the vehicle.
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