SEMI-TRAILER TRUCK CRASH WITH INJURIES AND HELICOPTER LANDING ZONE WB I-88 BETWEEN SOMONAUK RD AND PEACE RD, DEKALB

    TUE FEB 17 2015 ~4:35 PM
    DEKALB FIRE DEPARTMENT?
    TRUCK CRASH WITH INJURIES
    I-99 AND MILE POST 95 DE KALB, IL

    REPORT OF A CRASH WITH INJURIES.

    SEMI-TRAILER TRUCK REAR-ENDED TWO CARS. SEMI-TRAILER TRUCK AND ONE OF THE CARS VEERED RIGHT INTO THE DITCH. DRIVER IN CAR SERIOUSLY INJURED; AIRLIFTED TO LEVEL I TRAUMA CENTER. NO CONFIRMATION ON WHETHER MORE THAN TWO CARS WERE INVOLVED WITH THE SEMI-TRAILER TRUCK CRASH.

    SEMI-TRAILER TRUCK INTO THE DITCH WITH DEBRIS IN THE TWO RIGHT LANES OF WESTBOUND I-88.

    EB LANE CLOSURES FOR HELICOPTER AT ABOUT 5:00 PM.

    ALL EASTBOUND LANES WERE SHUT DOWN AT ABOUT 5:15 PM.

    AT 7:41 PM TRAFFIC WAS STILL BACKED UP TO COUNTY LINE RD (ROUTE 1).

    4-5 MILE BACKUP PERSISTS AT 8:30 PM.

    PROLONGED ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION TEAM AND COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTOR ON SCENE.

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