ILLINOIS - An ATV driver was killed over the weekend after traveling the wrong way on Interstate 55 in Joliet, authorities said.

What we know:

The crash happened shortly before 4:50 a.m. Nov. 1 on southbound I-55 near Route 30, according to Illinois State Police.

Troopers initially received a report of someone riding an ATV on the interstate.

When troopers arrived, they found the ATV traveling northbound in the southbound lanes of I-55.

Authorities said troopers made several attempts to stop the vehicle before it collided with a commercial motor vehicle on southbound I-55, just north of Black Road.

The ATV driver, who has not been identified, was pronounced dead at the scene.

What's next:

The crash remains under investigation.

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