Tag result for article published on Fri March 29 2013 9:27 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: extrication crash, multi-injury crash, multi-vehicle crash, pin-in crash, Prospect Heights Fire Protection District, Wheeling Fire Department, Wheeling Police Department
VIDEO: Accident investigation scene on westbound Palatine Road, just east of Wheeling Road about three hours after a crash involving seven vehicles. Wheeling police and firefighter/paramedics responded just before 6:00 PM Thursday to a multi-vehicle crash near Palatine Road and Wheeling Road Wheeling, IL. Police and firefighter/paramedics received a report that multiple vehicles and a [...]
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Tag result for article published on Thu March 07 2013 3:35 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: Arlington Heights Police Department, crash, multi-vehicle crash
Arlington Heights police responded about 3:20 PM Thursday two a multi-car crash at Hintz Road and Arlington Heights Road, Arlington Heights, IL. Police responded to a five-car crash at Hintz Road and Arlington Heights Road. Westbound Hintz Road at Chapel Hill and the southbound left turn lane at Arlington Heights Road are reported to have [...]
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Tag result for article published on Thu January 31 2013 6:52 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: I-70, Indiana, Interstate 70, Interstate crash, multi-injury crash, multi-vehicle crash, Plainfield
A pileup with more than 40 vehicles has closed Interstate 70 in both directions about 20 miles west of Indianapolis. Officials said all lanes of I-70 are expected to remain closed until Thursday night. Aerial footage is silent from source. Police and fire rescuers responded to Interstate 70 about one mile west of the Plainfield, [...]
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Tag result for article published on Wed January 23 2013 7:58 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: Cook County Sheriff's Police Department, Long Grove FPD, multi-vehicle crash, personal injury crash, unincorporated Arlington Heights
Video: Multi-vehicle crash at Lake Cook Road and Nichols Road injures at least two. Long Grove firefighters, Buffalo Grove firefighter/paramedics and Cook County Sheriff responded about 6:40 PM Wednesday to a multi-vehicle crash at Lake Cook Rd and Nichols Rd Arlington Heights, IL. Police and firefighter/paramedics discovered one vehicle in a ditch on the north [...]
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Tag result for article published on Mon January 21 2013 6:14 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: multi-vehicle crash, Ohio
A multi-vehicle crash on I-270 near Columbus was one of four highway pile-ups that plagued Ohio motorists on Monday. Authorities say a southwest Ohio highway pileup involving as many as 85 vehicles left one person dead. Rescuers responded to a crash involving at least 20 vehicles on I-270 north of Rt. 161. One woman died [...]
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Tag result for article published on Thu November 22 2012 6:21 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: Interstate crash, multi-vehicle crash, Texas
At least two people died and dozens were hurt when at least 100 vehicles collided in Southeast Texas in a pileup that left trucks twisted on top of each other and authorities rushing to pull survivors from the wreckage. A crash involving as many as 100 vehicles occurred Thursday morning on Interstate 10 southwest of [...]
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Tag result for article published on Tue November 13 2012 12:38 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: crash Elgin O'Hare, crash Route 53, multi-injury crash, multi-vehicle crash, multi-vehicle crash Elgin O'Hare, multi-vehicle crash Route 53, Route 53
Public safety communications audio during the crash response to multiple crashes on the Elgin O’Hare Expressway lat Monday night. Roselle Fire Department, Roselle police and Illinois State police responded about 10:15 PM Monday to a report of multiple crashes on the Elgin O’Hare Expressway between Roselle Road and just west of Gary Avenue. Dhirajial Tejala [...]
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Tag result for article published on Fri December 30 2011 10:55 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: crash New Orleans, fatal crash, Louisiana, multi-vehicle crash, multi-vehicle interstate crash, New Orleans, personal injury crash
Investigators in New Orleans are trying to determine the cause of a massive pre-dawn pileup on Thursday. Two people were killed and 61 injured in the pileup that shut down Interstate-10 for hours. A 40-vehicle crash was reported about 4:30 a.m. Thursday morning on Interstate 10 near Michoud Boulevard. Two men in separate pickup trucks [...]
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Tag result for article published on Sat September 17 2011 1:52 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: expressway crash, I-290, multi-vehicle crash, Route 53
Elk Grove Village firefighter/paramedics and Itasca firefighter/paramedics responded about 1:25 p.m. to a multi-vehicle crash in the southbound lanes of Route 53 at under the Devon Avenue bridge. Illinois State Police were also on the scene. Southbound Route 53 at Biesterfield congestion backed up from Devon Avenue overpass. Elk Grove Village police assisted Illinois State [...]
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Tag result for article published on Wed July 20 2011 8:51 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: Interstate 90, multi-vehicle crash, personal injury crash
Hoffman Estates firefighter/paramedics and Illinois State Police troopers responded about 8:05 a.m. Wednesday to crash involving a semi-trailer truck and three cars in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 90 at mile marker 60.25. At least four people injured. Possibly two people injured seriously. Elgin Fire Department and Streamwood Fire Department each sent a rescue ambulance [...]
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Tag result for article published on Tue July 12 2011 7:37 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: Illinois State Police, multi-vehicle crash, Palatine Fire Department, personal injury crash, Rolling Meadows Fire Department, Route 53
VIDEO: Multi-vehicle crash on northbound Route 53, south of Rand Road. Palatine firefighter/paramedics and Illinois State Police responded about 1:35 p.m. Monday to a multi-vehicle crash on northbound Route 53, south of Rand Road. Palatine command called for a second ambulance immediately based on report of multiple vehicles and possibly serious injuries. Rolling Meadows firefighter/paramedics [...]
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Tag result for article published on Fri February 04 2011 8:34 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: Elk Grove Township Fire Department, Mount Prospect Fire Department, multi-vehicle crash, school bus crash
Mount Prospect police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 7:45 a.m. Friday to Algonquin and Dempster to a report of a crash involving a school bus and three other vehicles. A motorist reported that the exhaust from the bus was entering a black Chevy Malibu — causing a hazard. One person reporting a neck and/or head injury. [...]
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