Car crash with injuries on I-55 near Cass Avenue, Westmont IL

Traffic

Reported: 11/7/2025 06:07 PM

Near S Cass Ave, Westmont, IL 60559

A multi-vehicle crash with injuries occurred on Interstate 55 southbound near Cass Avenue. Emergency crews including fire, police, and medics responded. One caller reported being stuck in a vehicle with a seatbelt that would not unbuckle. Traffic was affected in the southbound lanes.

Audio|Source: Southeast DuPage County Police and Fire

01:59

Transcript:

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Accident, personal injury, District 1558, at I-55 southbound 273.6, Battalion 120, engine 120, engine 123, medic 1-23, interstate 55, southbound,

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273.6.

00:24

Great.

00:30

Orangeville Sprinterman.

00:32

The vehicle frequent fast and erected caps.

00:39

The car followed it for about 10 minutes.

00:42

Companies in the route, 55 Southbound, mile marker 273.6,

00:47

just east of Cass Avenue on the right shoulder.

00:50

Thank you for a Silver's right over have four.

00:53

Callers are pising that their seatbelt won't unbuckle.

01:01

On the chaos, nothing yet.

01:08

A southbound 55 to northbound cast.

01:17

Hi, I'm supposed to spend a little about.

01:18

I don't see anything else from around.

01:22

Yeah,

01:23

123 are we on?

01:28

123 is N-3, 955 from around 83.

01:33

All right.

01:35

You'll probably be able to get to easier than we are, the southbound 55, the northbound cast ramp.

01:41

Let's proceed south south south northbound gas, what we did we do on there?

01:45

It's going to be southbound 55 to northbound gas on the ramp.

01:55

We'll be there in a minute.

01:57

All right, southbound 55 to northbound gas.

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Near S Cass Ave, Westmont, IL 60559

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