People were urged to avoid part of a southwest suburb amid a police investigation near a nature preserve that prompted a road to be shut down on Saturday afternoon, authorities said.
Around 3:20 p.m., Orland Park police said their officers were assisting Cook County Forest Preserve Police with an investigation on the southern end of the Orland Grove nature preserve on West 143rd Street. The investigation prompted a shutdown of 143rd Street between West Avenue and Highland Avenue.
“The roadway is shut down in both directions east and west at West Avenue and at Highland Avenue on 143rd. Please avoid the area,” police said in a social media post…