SUN DEC 01 2013 ~5:30 AM
DARIEN-WOODRIDGE FPD
MULTIPLE-INJURY CRASH
41.716621,-88.008583 (SB I-55 AT LEMONT RD)
TWO CAR CRASH WITH INJURIES. ONE PERSON KILLED. ROMEOVILLE POLICE OFFICER DISCOVERED CRASH WHILE NORTHBOUND EN ROUTE TO LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER. A WRONG DRIVER HAD CRASHED HEAD-ON INTO A SOUTHBOUND DRIVER IN THE SOUTHBOUND LANES.
ROMEOVILLE POLICE OFFICER AND TWO OTHER MEN THAT ARRIVED HELPED GET ONE VICTIM OUT OF A BURNING VEHICLE. FIRST THE POLICE OFFICER AND ONE MAN GOT A VICTIM -- POSSIBLY A TEENAGER -- OUT OF THE CAR. THEN A SECOND MAN HELPED THE OTHER TWO GET THE "TEENAGE" VICTIM FURTHER FROM HIS BURNING VEHICLE.
ANOTHER ROMEOVILLE POLICE OFFICER ARRIVED AND STARTED CPR ON THE OTHER MOTORIST. THAT MOTORIST WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD.
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