Car crash illinois today

(CNN) At least seven people are dead, including five children, after a head-on car crash on I-90 in northern Illinois, state police said. The crash involved a wrong-way driver, according to state troopers who responded to the scene just after 2 a.m. Sunday.

Seven people were killed, including a woman and five children in the van and a second woman in the other car, state police said. According to the preliminary investigation, 22-year-old Jennifer Fernandes, of Carpentersville, was traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes when she struck a van with seven occupants head on, ISP said.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Two people, including a toddler, were killed in a crash early Christmas morning on the city's South Side, Illinois State Police said. The single-vehicle crash happened on Sunday at about 1:13 a.m. at the Interstate 94 northbound ramp from 71st Street, police said.