A car crashed into a toll plaza on a suburban Chicago highway early Thursday morning, engulfing the toll booth and toll booth in flames and killing the driver, police said.
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Illinois State Police said troopers were called to the scene of a vehicle crashing into flames at the Barrington Road toll plaza on Interstate 90 westbound in Cook County.
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Police said the driver, who was the only person in the car, was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident around 4:25 a.m.
Most of the flames were extinguished by around 5 a.m., news outlets said. Video from the crash scene showed debris strewn across the square as firefighters sprayed water on a structure next to the wrecked vehicle.
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The accident occurred near Hoffman Estates, a suburb about 30 miles northwest of downtown Chicago.
