David Gleisner/Daily Southtown
Tinley Park police blocked off the 80th Avenue bridge over Interstate 80 on Wednesday morning after a pedestrian jumped off the bridge onto the interstate. Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
A 30-year-old Tinley Park man died after being struck by multiple vehicles on I-80 Wednesday morning after he apparently jumped off the 80th Avenue bridge in Tinley Park for unknown reasons, according to Illinois State Police.
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Police continued to investigate the incident, which happened at 10 a.m. and could not confirm why the man jumped from the overpass. He was airlifted to a local hospital and later succumbed to his injuries, according to police.
Eastbound traffic on I-80 was shut down at LaGrange Road and the 80th Avenue overpass also was closed to motorists for about two hours, officials said.
The incident did not cause additional accidents on the roads, police said.