SKOKIE FIRE DEPARTMENT
FATAL HIGH-SPEED EXPRESSWAY CRASH
WIDE SCENE SB EDENS NEAR TOUHY EXIT AND FRONTAGE AND LECLAIRE AVE, SKOKIE, IL
CRASH WITH INJURIES AND FATALITY ON SOUTHBOUND EDENS NORTH OF THE WESTBOUND TOUHY EXIT RAMP. DIFFICULT EXTRICATION WITH FATAL VICTIM "TOTALLY ENTRAPPED" IN VEHICLE. EXTRICATION VEHICLE WAS NEAR LECLAIRE AVE AND FRONTAGE RD ON WEST SIDE OF EDENS. THE OTHER VEHICLE WAS CLOSER TO THE WESTBOUND TOUHY EXIT ON SB EDENS EXPRESSWAY.
ONE LINE OFF TL18 FOR STANDBY FOR EXTRICATION.
HIGH SPEED REAR-END COLLISION.
OFFENDING DRIVER MAY HAVE BEEN TRANSPORTED TO ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL IN A PERSONAL VEHICLE WITH EARLY REPORT THAT THE OFFENDING HIGH-SPEED DRIVER GOT IN ANOTHER VEHICLE WHICH FLED THE SCENE SOUTHBOUND ON THE EDENS EXPRESSWAY -- NOT YET CONFIRMED BY POLICE.
SB EDENS CLOSED FOR RESCUE AND ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION OVERNIGHT.
Police: Fatal crash closes southbound Edens for 6 hours http://t.co/OxVkneLAMh pic.twitter.com/PyefcbWsJ3
— FOX 32 News (@fox32news) March 30, 2014
ENGINE(S): E16
TRUCK(S): TL18
SQUAD(S): SQD18
CHIEF(S): BC16
EMS: A16 A18?
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Authorities investigating deadly crash on SB Edens near Touhy. pic.twitter.com/RuJTL7s35j
— DIANE PATHIEU (@pathieuabc7) March 30, 2014
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