FATAL DOUBLE ROLLOVER CRASH ON SB I-55 NORTH OF ROUTE 53, BOLINGBROOK

    SAT APR 18 2015 ~2:00 PM
    BOLINGBROOK FIRE DEPARTMENT
    FATAL DOUBLE ROLLOVER CRASH
    41.689098,-88.060679 (FRONTAGE RD SOUTHBOUND SIDE OF I-55 NORTH OF ROUTE 53 BOLINGBROOK)

    FATAL CRASH; ADULT FEMALE AND 2-YEAR-OLD SON KILLED.

    SUBURBAN OR OTHER LARGE SUV AND ANOTHER VEHICLE WERE INVOLVED IN THE CRASH. BOTH VEHICLES ROLLED OVER. THE VEHICLE INVOLVED WITH THE "SUBURBAN" WAS ROLLED ON ITS SIDE WITH EXTRICATION INVOLVING REMOVAL OF THE ROOF.

    ONE PATIENT TRANSPORTED TO LEVEL I TRAUMA CENTER GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL IN DOWNERS GROVE. TWO CRASH VICTIMS IDENTIFED AS YESENIA QUINTERO, AGE 25, AND HER 2-YEAR-OLD SON ISAAC WERE PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE AT 2:05 P.M. SATRUDAY.

    AT 4:30 PM. THE VEHICLE WITH THE ROOF REMOVED WAS BEING LOADED ONTO A FLATBED, ACCORDING TO A WITNESS. ONE OF THE VEHICLES APPARENTLY LEFTS THE LANES OF SOUTHBOUND I-55 AND CRASHED INTO A VEHICLE ON FRONTAGE ROAD.

    POINT INDICATED ON MAP LINK IS NOT PRECISE, BUT IS PROBABLY ACCURATE TO ABOUT ONE-QUARTER MILE.





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