SOUTH OF HINSDALE OASIS: FATAL MOTORCYCLE CRASH AFTER REAR TIRE BLOWOUT ON NORTHBOUND I-294 SOUTH OF I-55 NEAR 75TH ST, COUNTRYSIDE

    SUN APR 27 2014 ~5:45 PM
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    FATAL MOTORCYCLE CRASH
    NB I-294 NEAR 75TH ST AND I-55, COUNTRYSIDE, IL

    ONE-VEHICLE MOTORCYCLE CRASH WITH FATALITY AND INJURIES. SILVER AND BLACK HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLE TIRE BLOWOUT CAUSE MOTORCYCLE TO SKID INTO DIVIDER WALL.

    FEMALE PASSENGER WAS THROWN DURING CRASH. THE FEMALE VICTIM WAS TRANSPORTED TO ADVENTIST LA GRANGE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL WHERE SHE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD. SHE WAS IDENTIFIED AS JACQUELYN PLANZ, AGE 55, OF CHICAGO.

    THE MALE DRIVER SKIDDED WITH THE MOTORCYCLE AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO ADVOCATE GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL WITH APPARENTLY NON-LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES.

    SEVERAL GOOD SAMARITANS STOPPED TO HELP, INCLUDING AN OFF-DUTY PARAMEDIC. CPR WAS ADMINISTERED BY GOOD SAMARITANS AT THE SCENE BEFORE PARAMEDICS ARRIVED.

    ILLINOIS STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING.

    FIRE/EMS AGENCY NAME ON SCENE NOT CONFIRMED. MAP LOCATION OF INCIDENT NOT PRECISE.

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