VAN CRASH INTO A TREE, ABC 7 CHICAGO CREW AND OTHERS RESCUE DRIVER, 23RD ST AND OUTBOUND LAKE SHORE DR CHICAGO

SAT FEB 21 2015 ~10:20 AM
CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT
CRASH VS TREE CRASH WITH FIRE/CITIZEN RESCUE
2300 S LAKE SHORE DR CHICAGO, IL

REPORT OF A CRASH WITH INJURIES ON LAKE SHORE DRIVE AT 23RD ST.

WITNESSES ON SCENE WITH SMOKE SHOWING RESCUE DRIVER JUST BEFORE THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT ERUPTS INTO FRAMES.

ABC 7 CHICAGO CREW AMONG CITIZEN RESCUERS WHO REMOVE DRIVER FROM THE CAR AND COVER HIM WITH A BLANKET.

ABC7'S EVELYN HOLMES, NEWS PHOTOGRAPHER JOHN TRUIIT AND OTHERS TRIED TO WAIT AND NOT MOVE THE DRIVER, BUT FLAMES AND SMOKE MADE IT NECESSARY REMOVE HIM.

BC2 REPORTS VEHICLE STRUCK A TREE AND ONE VICTIM IS GOING TO THE HOSPITAL CODE RED.

RESPONDING CREWS GET A REPORT THAT THE AUTO IS ON FIRE AT THE CRASH AT 10:21 AM.

E8 REQUESTED TO STAY OFF "THE DRIVE" AT 10:22 AM.

E8 ON THE SCENE AT 10:25 AM.

E1 REPORTS THEY'RE ON THE SCENE WITH AN AUTO FIRE AT 10:27 AM.

A66 TRANSPORTING THE PATIENT BY 10:48 AM.

ERIK DEPILLARS, 17, TRANSPORTED TO NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL WITH "NON-LIFE-THREATENING" INJURIES.

RUNDOWN:
ENGINE(S): E1 E8

TRUCK(S): T ?? T ??

SQD ??

CHIEF(S): BC2

EMS: A66


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