May 24, 2009 9:47 am US/Central
2 Dead After 4 Motorcycles Crash On I-57
COUNTRY CLUB HILLS, Ill. (Sun-Times Media Wire) ―
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State police investigate the scene of a fatal motorcycle accident Saturday night on Interstate 57; two people died.
CBS
Part of I-57 near south suburban Country Club Hills was closed at least six hours overnight, following a four-motorcycle crash that claimed the lives of two men and sent two women who were riding on the bikes to a hospital.
The crash happened about 8:48 p.m. in the northbound lanes of Interstate 57 just north of the Interstate 80 interchange, according to Illinois State Police.
The first motorcyclist was southbound on I-57 around 185th Street when he entered a turnaround to go north, Illinois State Police District Chicago Master Sgt. Todd Borisy said. As he was pulling out of the turnaround to go into the northbound lanes, a group of motorcycles was headed north as well, and three of those motorcycles crashed into him.
Two of the motorcyclists in that group were killed in the crash, State Police said. The deceased were 47-year-old Michael Adams, of Kankakee and 34-year-old Sean Darke, of Chicago, according to a spokesman for the Cook County Medical Examiner's office.
Adams was pronounced dead at 10:45 p.m. at South Suburban Hospital in Hazel Crest and Drake was pronounced dead at South Suburban at 11:30 p.m., according to the medical examiner's office.
Two female passengers were injured and taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, Borisy said. Their conditions were not known, but a helicopter was brought to the scene.
No cars or trucks were involved in the crash.
Aaron Brown, 28, of Olympia Fields was cited with failure to reduce speed to avoid cars and for disregarding a traffic sign, according to ISP District Chicago Trooper Dan Garcia, who said Brown disregarded a no U-turn sign.
He said charges for Brown were pending Sunday morning.
All lanes of traffic were closed for at least an hour, but southbound lanes were reopened by 10:45 p.m. Northbound lanes were closed until at least 2:45 a.m. as investigators processed the scene and conducted measurements, Borisy said.
(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2009. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)
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