Palatine police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 5:00 p.m. Friday to a head-on crash at Northwest Highway just south of Dundee Road. A Ford Explorer ended up in a ditch against a tree. A large light pole was also sheared off at the base. Possibly one injured.
Corrected address was Northwest Highway and Arbor.
Well over 50 crashes occurred between 2:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. Friday in the northwest suburbs of Arlington Heights, Buffalo Grove, Elk Grove Village, Mount Prospect, Palatine, Prospect Heights, Rolling Meadows and Schaumburg.
A list of many of the crashes is here — Winter Weather Advisory crash list …
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