SUSPECTED DUI DRIVER REAR-ENDS ILLINOIS STATE POLICE TROOPER CRUISER, CRASH WITH INJURIES OUTBOUND KENNEDY EXPRESSWAY AT DAMEN AVE CHICAGO

    SUN JAN 24 2016 ~2:09 AM
    CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT
    PIN-IN RESPONSE/PERSONAL INJURY CRASH
    41.922303, -87.677796 (OUTBOUND KENNEDY EXPRESSWAY AT DAMEN AVE CHICAGO)

    CRASH WITH INJURIES WITH ILLINOIS STATE POLICE CAR OUTBOUND KENNEDY EXPRESSWAY ABOVE DAMEN AVE. CREWS ENTERING EXPRESSWAY AT DAMEN AVE.

    STATE TROOPER REAR-ENDED DURING TRAFFIC STOP. TROOPER REPORTED HE WAS NOT IN HIS CAR WHEN THE TROOPER'S CAR WAS HIT.

    THREE VEHICLES INVOLVED IN THE CRASH -- INCLUDING THE VEHICLE THE TROOPER HAD STOPPED.

    ILLINOIS STATE POLICE INITIALLY REPORTED THE DRIVER HAD NO PULSE AFTER HITTING ISP CAR, BUT WAS THEN REPORTED TO BE CONSCIOUS.

    DRIVER REPORTED TO BE UNCONSCIOUS.

    T28 CREW REQUESTS A PIN-IN RESPONSE AT 2:24 AM.

    T28 CREW HOLDS UP THE PIN-IN RESPONSE AT 2:26 AM.

    CARS PULLED APART ABOUT 2:45 AM.

    FEMELA, AGE 28, TRANSPORTED TO LEVEL I TRAUMA CENTER ILLINOIS MASONIC MEDICAL CENTER. FEMALE CHARGED ON SUSPICION OF DUI.

    THE DRIVER OF THE STOPPED CAR MAY ALSO HAVE BEEN TRANSPORTED TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL -- NOT CONFIRMED.


    UNITS ASSIGNED ...

    ENGINE(S): E35

    TRUCK(S): T28

    SQUAD(S): SQD ??

    CHIEF(S): BC ??

    EMS: A43 A44


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