An off-duty Arlington Heights Fire Department lieutenant came to the aid of people involved in a two-vehicle crash in the intersection of Rand Road and Euclid Avenue about 12:40 p.m. Wednesday. A silver Mitsubishi Galant and a green Nissan Pathfinder collided in the intersection. The off-duty fire lieutenant asked victims on the corner if they were O.K. as he headed toward the person that was trapped in the Pathfinder. A witness of the accident near the Mobil station called 9-1-1. He heard that the man trapped in the Pathfinder may have had a broken leg. The man was transported to the hospital by Mount Prospect Fire Department firefighter/paramedics. He was freed from the vehicle by 12:55 p.m. The rescue-ambulance remained at the scene for a short time for patient assessment and stabilization prior to transportation. No other people were transported to the hospital.

Heavy traffic delays occurred at Rand and Euclid in all directions. A large amount of automotive fluids were spilled onto the intersection. Hillside towing was working to absorb the fluids at least until 1:30 p.m. Arlington Heights police had extra manpower at the scene for traffic management. Mount Prospect police officers were also committed to traffic managemet

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A semi-trailer truck carrying dairy products rolled over on the ramp from northbound Route 53 to westbound Interstate 90 between Schaumburg and Rolling Meadows at about 3 p.m. Thursday. Traffic delays were reported just before rush hour.
Illinois State Police are investigating.

The accident is the second accident this week at the same interchange after a semi-trailer truck hauling paper rolled over on the northbound 53 ramp to eastbound Interstate 90. The driver of that truck was injured and trapped in the vehicle. Schaumburg Fire Department were involved in about a thirty minute extrication procedure to remove the injured driver from the truck cab.

Video of extrication operations by Schaumburg Fire Department for a truck driver that was trapped in his truck after it rolled on its side on the Route 53 northbound ramp to eastbound Interstate 90.

Schaumburg Fire Department, Illinois State Police and IDOT responded to a semi-trailer truck rollover about 12:25 p.m. Monday. The driver was trapped inside the tractor or cab for about 20 minutes. Firefighter/paramedics in an extrication operation had to cut part of the roof of the truck while working in extremely muddy and slippery conditions off the inside should of the ramp from northbound Route 53 to eastbound Interstate 90.

Schaumburg firefighter/paramedics transported the driver to Northwest Community Hospital about 12:55 p.m. Monday. The truck was laying on its driver’s side. LIN-MAR towing was working to tow the semi-trailer truck away after 1:00 p.m.

There was some lane blockage during the towing and recovery mode of the vehicle. Lanes were kept open during the extrication and rescue of the victim.

Semi-trailer truck on its side minutes after the driver was rescued from the driver’s seat … with LIN-MAR Towing preparing to recover the vehicle and tow it away.

The Cook County Medical Examiner has released the identity of a pedestrian victim who was hit by an outbound Metra Train #661 at about 10:25 p.m. Friday at the downtown Arlington Heights Metra Station, 45 West Northwest Highway. Ashley Serola, 24, was identified as an Arlington Heights resident who lived in the 800 block of North Salem Avenue. A police officer on patrol came upon the scene and called for an ambulance for a woman under the train, just east of the Vail Avenue crossing. The train was westbound on the southernmost track, just about to enter the intersection with Vail Avenue. No word yet on how the woman was struck and killed, or how the incident occurred.

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A female pedestrian was hit by an outbound Metra Train #661 at about 10:25 p.m. Friday at the downtown Arlington Heights Metra Station, 45 West Northwest Highway. A police officer on patrol came upon the scene and called for an ambulance for a woman under the train, just east of the Vail Avenue crossing. The train was westbound on the southernmost track, just about to enter the intersection with Vail Avenue. No word yet on how the woman was struck and killed, or how the incident occurred.

Train #661 was scheduled to arrive in Harvard, Illinois at 11:20 p.m. but was stopped due to the ‘pedestrian incident’ in Arlington Heights. The scheduled departure from Arlington Heights for Train #661 is 10:16 p.m. weekdays. Another westbound train arrived at the Arlington Heights station, where passengers from the train that was stopped were transferred to the second train. The second train (#663) left the station about 11:40 p.m. Friday and arrived in Crystal Lake by midnight. The scheduled departure time for Train #663 is 11:16 p.m.

Firefighter/paramedics removed a body from under the train, just east of Vail Avenue — a considerable distance before the train would have passed the eastern sidewalk of Vail Avenue.

An accident reconstruction team from Union Pacific and/or Metra arrived on the scene shortly after the accident. Metra police were also on the scene.

Vail Avenue and Dunton Avenue were blocked for a prolonged time period the rest of Friday night and early Saturday for an investigation with an accident reconstruction team. Police also blocked Vail Avenue at Campbell Street.

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Once caller also reported the accident after a slight delay, and wasn’t sure of the exact location. That caller pinpointed the crash closer to Interstate 90, which had crews from Schaumburg Fire Department and Elk Grove Village Fire Department also looking for the victim just after 1:00 p.m.

Illinois State Police investigating the incident.

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Another fire alarm was activated at another apartment complex nearby minutes after the first apartment fire, but no fire was reported.

Arlington Heights police and fire personnel are at both scenes. The area affected is just north of Arlington Heights Road and Algonquin Road.

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