FATAL PIN-IN CRASH AT PALATINE ROAD AND WHEELING ROAD, PROSPECT HEIGHTS/WHEELING

WED JAN 09 2013 ~11:30 PM
WHEELING FIRE DEPARTMENT/PROSPECT HEIGHTS PFD
FATAL PIN-IN CRASH
PALATINE RD AND WHEELING RD WHEELING, IL

UPDATE/VICTIM IDENTITY RELEASED: CHRISTINE STAMATIS, OF ARLINGTON HEIGHTS.

FREIGHTLINER SEMI-TRAILER TRUCK VS. 2002 MAZDA PROTÉGÉ. PROSPECT HEIGHTS FIREFIGHTER/PARAMEDICS FIRST ON THE SCENE REPORTED A CAR IN THE INTERSECTION WITH MODERATE TO SERIOUS DAMAGE. A MUTUAL AID AMBULANCE FROM GLENVIEW RESPONDED TO THE SCENE. A FIRE ENGINE FROM MOUNT PROSPECT ALSO RESPONDED TO THE SCENE. NO WORD ON THE NUMBER OF INJURIES.

FEMALE DRIVER, AGE 55, FROM IN MAZDA PROTÉGÉ WAS UNCONSCIOUS ON SCENE, AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO LEVEL I TRAUMA CENTER ADVOCATE LUTHERAN GENERAL HOSPITAL. SHE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 12:20 A.M.

INVESTIGATION INCLUDES REVIEW OF RED-LIGHT CAMERA AT THE INTERSECTION. WHEELING POLICE AND THE LAKE COUNTY MAJOR CRASH ASSISTANCE TEAM ARE INVESTIGATING.

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CRASH SCENE AT PALATINE ROAD AND WHEELING ROAD WHERE ARLINGTON HEIGHTS WOMAN WAS KILLED (PHOTO CREDIT: KAREN/ON SCENE).


DRIVER'S SIDE DAMAGE TO MAZDA PROTÉGÉ (PHOTO CREDIT: KAREN/ON SCENE).