SIX HURT AFTER SEMI-TRAILER TRUCK CRASHES INTO 13 VEHICLES ON I-55 NORTHBOUND AT 1ST AVE, SUMMIT

FRI JUN 19 2015 ~3:58 AM
SUMMIT FIRE DEPARTMENT
MULTIPLE-INJURY CRASH/SEMI-TRUCK VS MULTIPLE VEHICLES/EMS PLAN 2/ EMS PLAN 1
I-55 AND 1ST AVE SUMMIT, IL

TRUCK DRIVER TELLS POLICE HE FELL ASLEEP.

MABAS DIVISION 21 BOX ALARM ON BOX #9589 FOR A CRASH WITH MULTIPLE INJURIES AT 4:02 AM.

FIRST 2 AMBULANCES FROM STAGING TO COME DOWN THE WRONG WAY SOUTHBOUND ON THE NORTHBOUND SIDE.

909 IS EMS COMMAND, EXTRICATION TOOLS WORKING ON ONE CAR BY 4:11 AM.

PLEASANTVIEW AMBULANCE MOVED UP TO THE SCENE AT 4:13 AM.

SOME PATIENT TRANSPORTED TO LOYOLA.

GROUND OPS ON FIREGROUND RED AND EMS ON FIREGROUND WHITE.

NO EMERGENCY VEHICLES ARRIVING OFF OF LA GRANGE RD.

EMERGENCY VEHICLES COMING IN OFF OF HARLEM AND GOING WRONG WAY DOWN I-55.

HEAVY TRAFFIC AND GRIDLOCK REPORTED IN THE AREA.

RELEASING ALL SUPPRESSION COMPANIES AT 4:32 PM.

BOX UNITS ASSIGNED ...

ENGINE(S): ROBERTS PARK E32

TRUCK(S): BEDGORD PARK TL79

SQUAD(S): BURBANK SQD203

EMS: BEDFORD PARK A712, ROBERTS PARK A32, BRIDGEVIEW A417, PLEASANTVIEW,

CHIEF(S): BC7, BC3,

CHANGE OF QUARTERS: STICKNEY ENGINE, BROOKFIELD AMBULANCE (UNAVAILABLE)

STAGING: SHELL STATION 54TH AND HARLEM

EMS PLAN 2 AT 4:16 AM

AMBULANCES ONLY DIRECTLY TO SCENE.

EMS: LYONS, TRI-STATE, RIVERSIDE, LA GRANGE PARK

EMS PLAN 2 SECURED AT 4:58 AM

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