Car Slams Into North Riverside Lounge After Driver Is Shot On Eisenhower Expressway
NORTH RIVERSIDE, Ill. (CBS) -- A car slammed into a lounge in North Riverside Monday night, minutes after its driver was shot at Des Plaines Avenue and the Eisenhower Expressway in Forest Park.
Illinois State Police said at 8:18 p.m., they were called for a shooting on the eastbound Eisenhower at Des Plaines Avenue.
The driver of the crashed vehicle had been shot, and was taken to an area hospital with serious injuries, state police said.
The car crashed into the Bar-Tini Lounge at 2433 Des Plaines Ave. in Riverside, about a mile and a half south of the Eisenhower exit.
The investigation had just begun late Monday. Further details were not immediately available.
As of Nov. 18, Illinois State Police had responded to 213 expressway shootings in the Chicago area. Compare that to 128 in all of last year.