State trooper, Chicago police officers injured in 5-car wreck on Dan Ryan

CHICAGO - Two Chicago police officers and an Illinois State Police trooper were hurt after back-to-back collisions involving police cars on I-94 Friday morning on the South Side.

And ISP squad car rear-ended a vehicle around 2 a.m., rendering both cars disabled in the southbound lanes of I-94 near 95th Street, according to state police. 

Another ISP squad car and a Chicago police car stopped behind the crash with the emergency lights activated to alert other motorists. A short time later, a vehicle failed to move over from the initial crash scene and struck the back of the CPD squad car which crashed into the responding ISP vehicle.

One state trooper and two Chicago officers were taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center initially in serious condition, according to Chicago Fire Chief Juan Hernandez.

Two other people, including the driver of the car that was rear-ended by the trooper’s car, were taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in fair condition, said said ISP Trooper Melissa Albert-Lopez. A sixth person declined to be taken to a hospital, he said.

According to Albert-Lopez, the injuries were not life-threatening.

No one was inside the squad cars during the time of the second crash.

No additional information was immediately available.

The Sun-Times Media Wire contributed to this report.