
Highway blast near Mannheim Road shuts I-290 for hours as Cicero man is identified
Officials identified 47-year-old Jorge Vaca of Cicero as the man who died in an explosion on I-290 near Mannheim Road in Westchester, which shut the highway for nearly nine hours. Federal, state, and local agencies, including the FBI and ATF, led the investigation; authorities say there is no link to other events and no ongoing threat, with additional details to be released by the Cook County Medical Examiner.