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Three people have died after a car crashed into a group of people who were standing near the site of a separate collision in Calumet Park, Ill., on Dec. 3

Another five people were transported to a local hospital with what Illinois State Police described as "non-life-threatening injuries"

All lanes on Interstate 57, where the crashes occurred, were closed for several hours following the crash

Three people were killed and five others were injured after a car crashed into a group of people near a separate collision on an Illinois highway.

The incident occurred just after midnight local time on Wednesday, Dec. 3, on Interstate 57 in Calumet Park, according to preliminary information from Illinois State Police obtained by PEOPLE.

A preliminary investigation indicated the firs

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