Two men were taken to a hospital after the driver of a 1979 Corvette rear-ended another car on the outbound Dan Ryan Expressway on Thursday afternoon, closing several lanes of traffic for about an hour.
Shortly after 2 p.m., a 77-year-old Chicago man was driving the light blue Chevrolet Corvette south in the express lanes when he rear-ended a 2015 Buick Lacrosse near 35th Street, according to a statement from Illinois State Police.
After the crash, the 77-year-old pulled over to the shoulder and got out of the Corvette before it began burning.
That man and the Buick’s driver, a 27-year-old from Justice, were both taken to a local hospital with injuries not believed to be life-threatening, state police said.
Three southbound lanes were reopened about 3 p.m. after being closed for about an hour.
The cause of the crash was not immediately known, but state police are investigating.
