HAMPSHIRE, Ill. (AP) — A crash involving a wrong-way vehicle on an interstate in northern Illinois left seven people dead Sunday, including five children, authorities said.
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The crash occurred around 2 a.m. on Interstate 90 in McHenry County, roughly 50 miles (80 kilometers) from Chicago.
A woman and five children in a van were killed, according to Illinois State Police. A woman in another vehicle also died.
State police said the van was traveling in the wrong direction on westbound I-90.
eerily similar to the wrong way crash on the Taconic State Parkway approx 10 years ago ( close to the day ) I believe there were 7 children in that case.