Man dies after falling from Dan Ryan overpass after six-vehicle crash on the South Side

A driver fell from an overpass and died after a six-vehicle crash early Saturday on the Dan Ryan Expressway on the South Side.

At about 2 a.m., four vehicles were involved in a collision in the southbound lanes of the expressway near 26th Street, according to the Illinois State Police, who said another driver saw what happened and pulled over to the shoulder.

A sixth vehicle “drove into the area of the vehicle pulled over on the shoulder,” the state police said, and the driver who was standing on the side of the road then fell off the overpass, though it wasn’t immediately clear how.

The person, a 26-year-old man, was pronounced dead at the scene, Chicago fire officials said. His name hasn’t been released.