One person is dead and two others injured due to a major crash on Route 41 in North Chicago early Sunday morning, authorities said.
A minivan traveling northbound on Route 41 was hit by a Hyundai heading south near the 3600 block of Skokie Highway at about 2:10 a.m., a North Chicago Fire Department spokesman said.
One person was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said, and two others were transported to nearby hospitals.
The cause and additional details surrounding the crash are unknown at this time.
Route 41 was closed for several hours while the accident was cleared and investigated, authorities said.