THU FEB 23 2012 ~2320
CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT
MAJOR CRASH ON EXPRESSWAY LOCAL LANES
SOUTHBOUND DAN RYAN AND 47TH ST, CHICAGO, IL
ENGINE 16 REPORTING PIN-IN AND ASKS FOR TWO MORE AMBULANCES. A FOURTH AMBULANCE IS REQUEST LATER. THREE ALS AMBULANCES AND ONE BLS AMBULANCE RESPOND. THREE AUTOS AND ONE SEMI-TRAILER INVOLVED IN A PIN-IN, REPORTING EXTRICATION COMPLETE AT ABOUT 2347 CST. SEMI-TRAILER JACKKNIFED HITTING AT LEAST TWO CARS. A MINI-VAN APPARENTLY REAR-ENDED THE SEMI-TRAILER -- ONE DEAD AT SCENE AND ONE DIED AT THE HOSPITAL. A BUS WAS ALSO INVOLVED WITH NINE PASSENGERS (NINE REFUSALS WITH AMBULANCE 35). IN TOTAL FIVE VICTIMS TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITALS -- STROGER (2) AND ST. BERNARD (3).
SQUAD 5, ENGINE 50, ENGINE 16. AMBULANCE 1, AMBULANCE 57, TRUCK 11,
BATTALION 17
RAMPS TO LOCAL LANES BETWEEN 43RD STREET & 47TH STREET WERE CLOSED OVERNIGHT FOR ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION. ADDITIONAL STREETS CLOSED DUE TO ICE 31ST, 35TH, AND PERSHING RD ENTRANCE RAMPS.
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