Illinois State Police: Construction worker killed in semi-truck hit-and-run on Kennedy Expressway

CHICAGO (WLS) – A construction worker was killed in an apparent hit-and-run on the Kennedy Expressway Monday evening, Illinois State Police said.

The accident occurred in the exit lane of the Kennedy Expressway at Kinzie Street around 9:20 p.m.

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Police said the worker was in an elevator painting Hubbard’s cave when he was struck by a tractor-trailer that failed to stop at the scene.

This accident triggered a second accident involving at least two other vehicles.

The worker was identified to the Cook County Coroner’s Office as 54-year-old Francisco Padilla-Gutierrez. Police said the people in those vehicles refused treatment.

The lanes were closed for several hours before reopening around 12:30 p.m

Further details were initially not known.

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