A person has died and another suffered serious injuries after a wrong-way crash on Interstate 355 near suburban Lemont Sunday morning.

According to Illinois State Police, a driver at the wheel of a Ford SUV was traveling northbound in the southbound lanes of the roadway near the Des Plaines River at approximately 1:29 a.m. when he slammed head-on into another vehicle.

The driver of the SUV, who has been identified as a Morris resident, was pronounced dead at the scene, state police said.

The driver of the other vehicle, a Lockport resident, was transported to a nearby hospital with serious injuries, but no further information was immediately available on his condition.

According to police, the roadway was closed for several hours as investigators looked into the crash. Those lanes have

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