LARGE TREE FALLS ON FORD FREESTYLE, INJURES 2 NEAR WILMETTE AVE AND 16TH ST, WILMETTE

    FRI NOV 23 2012 ~10:55 AM
    WILMETTE FIRE DEPARTMENT
    EXTRICATION CRASH/FALLEN TREE
    16TH ST AND WILMETTE AVE WILMETTE, IL

    FAMILY -- THREE ADULTS AND THREE CHILDREN -- TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON 16TH ST APPROACHING WILMETTE AVE IN FORD FREESTYLE WHEN HIT BY A LARGE TREE THAT FELL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE VEHICLE. ADULT DRIVER AND AN ADULT PASSENGER WERE EXTRICATED, AND TRANSPORTED TO EVANSTON HOSPITAL IN STABLE CONDITION. FOUR OTHER VEHICLE OCCUPANTS WERE NOT TRANSPORTED TO A MEDICAL FACILITY.

    WINDS DURING THE MORNING WERE STEADY IN THE MID-20 MPH RANGE, AND WERE GUSTING A RANGE OF 31 MPH TO 38 MPH.


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