High winds during a thunderstorm caused some damage to trees and power lines as a severe thunderstorm passed through Arlington Heights beginning just before 10:15 p.m. Thursday.
A large tree was reported down in the roadway at Dryden and Fairview.
A tree was also reported to have fallen on a house in the 400 block of South Windsor.
A transformer/power problem causing arcing in the 400 block of North Drury was reported about 9:45 p.m. Thursday.
A fallen tree branch brought down a power line that went pole-to-pole in the 300 block of West Phelps.
ComEd and Arlington Heights public works crews were working to repair or cleanup the incidents.
Arlington Heights police and firefighter/paramedics (at two calls) responded to five crashes in 75 minutes at Monday’s evening rush. First a minor crash with no injuries near Belmont and Hawthorne. Second, a Ford Explorer and a Honda Civic crashed causing injuries at Northwest Highway and Dunton Avenue just before 6:00 p.m. Third, a crash with personal injuries at Orchard and Arlington Heights Road was reported just after 6:00 p.m. A silver Ford Mustang was rear-ended at the crash. The fourth crash occurred in the 300 block of North Kaspar Avenue at about 6:30 p.m. The fifth crash occurred just before 7:10 p.m. at Euclid Avenue and Belmont Avenue with no injuries reported. A witness at the scene stated that a Chrysler 300 going southbound on Belmont Avenue at Euclid Avenue blew the stop sign and broadsided a Toyota Sienna minivan at the front-left wheel. The Chrysler pushed the minivan 90 degrees and up onto the corner parkway. The minivan was headed eastbound on Euclid Avenue. The witness was going westbound on Euclid Avenue and said that the driver of the Chrysler 300 tried to squeeze between him and the oncoming minivan, and hit the minivan.
Click the graphic to access the accident map data for the Village of Arlington Heights.
Arlington Heights police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 10:10 a.m. Monday to report of a woman hit by a vehicle at the intersection of Ridge Avenue and Dundee Road. A woman was reported injured in the incident. Buffalo Grove police also assisted Arlington Heights police at the scene.
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Blue sedan wrecked on Palatine Road westbound express lanes Sunday afternoon after one-car rollover crash.
Arlington Heights police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 2:20 p.m. Sunday to a rollover crash in the westbound Palatine Road express lanes, just west of Schoenbeck Road.
No reports of serious injury. Witnesses reported the driver got out of the vehicle on his own. The driver apparently lost control after hitting the center concrete median barrier.
Westbound Palatine Road express lanes were blocked for approximately 45 minutes.
Mount Prospect police and firefighter/paramedics responded to a report of a fire in a kitchen in an apartment Colonial Green Apartments, 1966 West Algonquin Road. Police arrived to find smoke coming from the apartment. The fire was knocked down quickly. Arlington Heights Fire Department, Des Plaines Fire Department and Elk Grove Township Fire Department were called to assist Mount Prospect Fire Department, but were returned in minutes.
Residents were checked out by paramedics. No report of serious injuries.
Arlington Heights police responded about 2:05 p.m. Saturday to a report of an apparent intoxicated male that would not leave the front steps of the First Presbyterian Church of Arlington Heights, 302 North Dunton Avenue. Gatherers for a wedding were getting started at the church, but the man would not leave the front steps when asked. He was lying by the front door while people were getting ready for the wedding. Instead he demanded someone drive him to the train station. When police arrived, they called for paramedics for an intoxicated male. Unknown on any arrest at the location.
