MADISON COUNTY, Ill. – A stretch of Interstate 55 in northeast Madison County was closed Thursday afternoon following a single-vehicle crash.
According to Trooper Haylie Polistina, a spokeswoman for Illinois State Police Troop 8, the crash happened just after 3:30 p.m. at milepost 37 of northbound I-55.
A vehicle went off the roadway and overturned, state police said. Five people in the vehicle were injured and had to be taken to the hospital.
Northbound I-55 was closed between the Highway 4 and Staunton Road exits.
State police released no additional information.
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