Published Tuesday May 21 2013 9:57 am. Tags: Metra, Metra train, Metra train-pedestrian incident, train vs. pedestrian
Prospect Heights police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 9:46 AM Tuesday to a report of a man that jumped in front of train near the Prospect Heights Metra Train station, 101 South Wolf Road Prospect Heights, IL. Police and firefighter/paramedics received a report that a northbound train hit the man. The man ran out of the [...]
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Published Wednesday May 15 2013 9:41 am. Tags: Arlington Heights Fire Department, Arlington Heights Police Department, injury report, injury report Arlington Heights, personal injury, trauma
Arlington Heights police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 9:20 AM Wednesday to a report of facial trauma near the Metra Train station at 2121 West Northwest Highway Arlington Heights, IL. Police and firefighter/paramedics received a report that a contracted village employee was struck in the face from a rock projectile from a lawn mower. The male [...]
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Published Tuesday May 14 2013 10:01 am. Tags: Arlington Heights Fire Department, crash, crash Route 53, Illinois State Police, Palatine Fire Department, personal injury crash, rollover crash, Route 53
VIDEO: Rollover crash on northbound Route 53, just south of Lake Cook Road, Monday afternoon. Palatine police and Illinois State Police responded about 1:47 PM Monday to a rollover crash Northbound Route 53 south of Lake Cook Road near Palatine. 42.144843,-88.007634. Palatine firefighter/paramedics and Arlington Heights firefighter/paramedics responded to a rollover gray Chrysler SUV. First [...]
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Published Tuesday May 14 2013 9:24 am. Tags: accident investigation, Schaumburg Fire Department, vehicle vs. motorcycle
Buick sedan involved in a fatal crash with a bicycle at Eastbound Route 72 and East Frontage Road near the Busse Wood Bicycle Trail crossing (Additional Accident Investigation photos). UPDATE: Eastbound Route 72 is expected to be reopened by about noon. Schaumburg police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 8:57 AM Tuesday to a report of a [...]
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Published Monday May 13 2013 6:02 pm. Tags: citizen rescue, Elk Grove Township Fire Department, Itasca Fire Protection District, personal injury crash, Truck crash, truck crash and fire, truck crash Elk Grove Village, Wood Dale Fire Department
VIDEO: Aftermath of truck crash with fire, followed by interview with men who saved the life of a truck driver who was trapped in his burning truck after a crash at Lively Boulevard and Thorndale Avenue. Elk Grove Village police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 2:31 PM Monday to a report of a crash involving two [...]
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Published Saturday May 04 2013 11:15 am. Tags: crash Route 53, rollover crash, rollover crash Route 53, Schaumburg Fire Department
Rollover Crash Interstate 90 and Route 53 on the ramp from westbound I-90 to southbound Route 53. Schaumburg firefighter/paramedics and Illinois State Police responded about 8:30 AM Saturday to a rollover extrication crash at the ramp from westbound I-90 to southbound Route 53. Schaumburg District 52 firefighters reported a vehicle on its roof with one [...]
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Published Monday April 29 2013 5:14 am. Tags: extrication crash, extrication crash Schaumburg, personal injury crash, Schaumburg Fire Department
Firefighter/paramedics working on removal of an injured driver from a vehicle after a crash occurred at Woodfield Road and West Frontage Road in Schaumburg. Schaumburg police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 1:20 PM Sunday to a crash with extrication at Woodfield Road and West Frontage Schaumburg, IL. Police and firefighter/paramedics arrived to find a two vehicle [...]
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Published Thursday April 25 2013 1:00 pm. Tags: Des Plaines Fire Department, Mount Prospect Police Department, pedestrian incident Mount Prospect
SUV involved in an accident investigation on southbound Route 83 near Algonquin Road. Mount Prospect police and Des Plaines firefighter/paramedics responded about 10:21 PM Wednesday to a report of a pedestrian struck by a vehicle on Route 83 (Elmhurst Road), just north of Algonquin Road. Des Plaines police and firefighter/paramedics initially responded to the call [...]
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Published Monday April 22 2013 6:27 am. Tags: crash Edens Expressway, crash Interstate 94, crash Skokie Highway, expressway crash, Northfield Fire-Rescue, personal injury crash, personal injury crash Edens Expressway, personal injury crash Skokie Highway, Truck crash, truck crash Edens Expressway
VIDEO: Prospect Heights Crash Truck 39 and ambulances respond to a crash involving a truck and two cars, which caused at least one of the truck’s gas tanks to cause a fire (Video taken from the Frontage Road on the west side of Edens Expressway/Skokie Highway/I-94 — CREDIT: YouTube.com/brian60093). Northfield firefighter/paramedics responded about 9:09 p.m. [...]
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Published Friday April 12 2013 4:28 pm. Tags: Arlington Heights Fire Department, Arlington Heights Police Department, car vs pedestrian, car vs. pedestrian Arlington Heights
Arlington Heights police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 4:22 PM Friday car vs pedestrian at Euclid Avenue and Dunton Avenue Arlington Heights, IL. Police and firefighter/paramedics received a report a male child, age 7, was hit by a vehicle. The mother of the child is on the scene and reports no apparent injuries and the child [...]
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Published Saturday April 06 2013 11:57 pm. Tags: fatal crash, fatal crash Nile, Niles Fire Department, Niles Police Department
VIDEO: Crash scene under investigation at Caldwell Avenue, just north of Oakton St, Niles. Niles police and firefighter/paramedics 2:00 AM Saturday responded to report of a rollover crash into a house Seward St and Oakton Ct Niles, IL. Police and firefighter/paramedics arrived to find a car that hit a tree and was resting against a [...]
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Published Saturday April 06 2013 7:41 am. Tags: Arlington Heights Fire Department, Arlington Heights Police Department, DUI crash, DUI crash Arlington Heights, extrication crash, extrication crash Arlington Heights, sawing
VIDEO: Rescue of driver from a car on its side, covered by a utility pole and power lines on Rand Road, just east of the Route 53 overpass. Arlington Heights police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 4:07 AM Saturday to a report of a hit-and-run crash near Rand Road and Greenwood Avenue Arlington Heights, IL. Police [...]
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