A semi-truck rolled into an overpass on Chicago's South Side overnight into Tuesday and sustained damage that sheared off the top of the cab. The crash left the truck and its trailer badly mangled near St. Lawrence and Anthony avenues in the Park Manor neighborhood, but Chicago police said nobody was injured.
Video from the scene, reported by ABC7 Chicago, shows the damaged truck and trailer sitting near the Chicago Skyway overpass, with the top of the cab sheared clean off. The outlet reported that the crash happened overnight into Tuesday at St. Lawrence and Anthony avenues in Park Manor, though the precise time has not been detailed.
Damage Concentrated Near the Skyway
The footage captured by the station shows extensive damage to both the semi and its trailer, with the damage concentrated near the overpass structure. Chicago police confirmed that despite the severity of the wreckage, no injuries resulted from the crash, according to the same report.
Details beyond that remain scarce. The driver's identity and condition have not been released, and the cause of the crash has not been established in the available reporting.
Not the First Time a Rig Has Lost Its Top
Two other reported incidents involved trucks whose roofs were sheared off in overpass strikes. In 2024, a semi driver in Cottage Grove got stuck beneath a bridge in an incident where the top of the cab was sheared off and the full-size trailer broke apart and became lodged underneath, according to photos shared with MPR News. In 2018, a truck in Philadelphia's Point Breeze neighborhood struck an overpass and then dragged its torn-off roof for more than three miles through city streets, according to a separate report.
No information has been released about whether the Park Manor crash caused road closures, traffic backups, or any citations. It also remains unclear whether the semi or trailer needed to be towed from the scene, or what led the driver into the overpass in the first place.
