MOTORCYLE CRASH WITH CAR ON TOP OF MOTORCYCLIST ON EASTBOUND I-90 AT THE RAMP TO SOUTHBOUND I-294 NEAR DEVON PLAZA, ROSEMONT

SAT JUL 19 2014 ~4:50 PM
ROSEMONT FIRE DEPARTMENT
CAR ON TOP OF MOTORCYCLIST
EB I-90 NEAR RAMP EXIT I-294 SB LEFT SHOULDER

REPORT OF A MOTORCYCLIST UNDER A CAR ON EB I-90 NEAR THE RAMP TO SOUTHBOUND I-294. MULTIPLE BYSTANDERS OUT OF THEIR CARS IN THE ROAD NEAR THE CRASH SCENE.

ROSEMONT FIRE EQUIPMENT ENTERED ON LEE ST.

SECOND AMBULANCE CALLED TO THE SCENE. EARLY REPORT OF ONE FEMALE MOTORCYCLIST TRANSPORTED TO LEVEL I TRAUMA CENTER ADVOCATE LUTHERAN GENERAL HOSPITAL WITH LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES.

UNKNOWN IF THERE WAS A SECOND INJURED VICTIM OR IF PARAMEDICS WERE THERE FOR MEDICAL REFUSALS.



SAT JUL 19 2014 ~4:50 PM ROSEMONT MEDICS CAR ON TOP OF MOTORCYCLIST EB I-90 NEAR RAMP SB I-294 http://t.co/L1AGQIfnrU pic.twitter.com/fl905pMguq
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MULTIPLE HELP TRUCKS ON SCENE.

TRAFFIC ON EASTBOUND I-90 WAS BACKED UP IN A GRIDLOCK TO THE ARLINGTON HEIGHTS ROAD INTERCHANGE. MOUNT PROSPECT POLICE AND ARLINGTON HEIGHTS POLICE WERE CONTROLLING INTERCHANGES AT ELMHURST RD AND AT ARLINGTON HEIGHTS ROAD -- MOSTLY PROHIBITING ENTRANCE TO EASTBOUND I-90. SEVERAL PEOPLE TRIED TO GO DOWN THE RAMPS THE WRONG WAY AFTER THE LONG WAIT WITHOUT MOVING.

LANES RE-OPENED AT ABOUT 8:00 PM AFTER EXTENDED ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION WITH ALL EASTBOUND LANES CLOSED.

ENGINE(S): E156

TRUCK(S): T158

CHIEF(S): BC13

EMS: A166 A168

ILLINOIS TOLLWAY OFFICIAL CALLED IT AN "INCIDENT"
TOLLWAY TRIP 90 @I_90_TOLLWAY · 3H
I-90 WESTBOUND - INCIDENT - AT DEVON AV PLAZA - MP 77.1

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