SUV CRASH: 2 CHILDREN EJECTED, 1 CHILD KILLED, 6 PEOPLE INJURED AT WB I-94 (NORTHBOUND) JUST NORTH OF BUCKLEY RD (ROUTE 137) NEAR NORTH CHICAGO, LIBERTYVILLE

SAT MAY 23 2015 ~9:35 AM
GURNEE FIRE DEPARTMENT
FATAL, MULTIPLE-INJURY CRASH
42.313970, -87.905021 (WB I-94 MULTI-INJURY CRASH 12.25 MM)

MULTIPLE INJURY CRASH WITH REPORT OF A CHILD EJECTED.

CRASH INITIALLY REPORTED AS I-94 NB NEAR ROUTE 132, BUT CRASH ACTUALLY NEAR ROUTE 137.

LINCOLN NAVIGATOR CRASH WITH MEDIAN WALL AT 12 MM WB I-94.

TWO BOYS, AGE 11 AND AGE 12, EJECTED OUT REAR DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW OF SUV.

SERIOUS, LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES AT SCENE. POSSIBLY TWO CHILDREN EJECTED AND ONE PERSON TRAPPED.

BOTH BOYS TRANSPORTED TO LEVEL I TRAUMA CENTER ADVOCATE CONDELL MEDICAL CENTER WITH LIFE-THREATENING TRAUMA.

ONE CHILD HAD NO PULSE, NO RESPIRATIONS AT SCENE, BUT WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AFTER ARRIVAL AT LEVEL I TRAUMA CENTER ADVOCATE CONDELL MEDICAL CENTER IN LIBERTYVILLE.

NEWPORT ENGINE RETURNED ABOUT 9:49 AM.

5 ADDITIONAL TRANSPORTS. SOME PATIENTS TRANSFERRED OVER THE J-WALL TO AMBULANCES WAITING IN THE SB LANES.

ALL LANES WB I-94 SHUTDOWN (NORTHBOUND)

NO LEFT TURN FROM BUCKLEY RD (ROUTE 137) TO WB I-94 (NORTHBOUND)

ALL VEHICLES FORCED TO EXIT AT BUCKLEY RD (ROUTE 137).

WB I-94 (NORTHBOUND) BACKED UP PAST ROUTE 60.

PROLONGED ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION.

TRAFFIC OPENED UP BY 1:15 PM. TRAFFIC HIGHLY CONGESTED.

UNITS ASSIGNED ...

ENGINE(S): GURNEE, NEWPORT

TRUCK(S): T ??

SQUAD(S): SQD ??

CHIEF(S): BC GURNEE

EMS: GURNEE, NEWPORT, LIBERTYVILLE

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