Road worker killed when hit by car on I-294
Posted May 30, 2026 10:33 am
A tollway maintenance worker was killed Saturday morning, and two others were injured, when they were hit by a vehicle on the Tri-State Tollway.
“The Illinois Tollway Board and all Tollway staff are devastated by the loss of one of our Illinois Tollway roadway maintenance workers,” Executive Director Cassaundra Rouse said in a news release.
She said he was an equipment operator and laborer who had worked for the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority for two years.
The release did not give the man’s age or name.
It happened around 4:26 a.m. on southbound I-294 in Des Plaines, according to a news release from Illinois State Police.
Three workers were repairing potholes when they were hit by a passenger vehicle, according to police.