Elk Grove Village police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 3:20 AM Thursday to a report of a crash with entrapment off Higgins Road west of Arlington Heights Road and east of Route 53, near Busse Woods, Elk Grove Village, IL. Police and firefighter/paramedics received a report that at least one person was trapped in a vehicle involved in the crash with a tree.
Elk Grove Village firefighters worked on extrication in -2°F air temperature with a wind chill of -15°F.
One male driver died at the scene during extrication.
Link to Map is NOT precise …
LIVE TRAFFIC MAP in area of a fatal crash on Higgins Road (NOT PRECISE MARKER LOCATION) …
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I wonder if the firefighters could have saved him if it hadn’t been so cold outside…I surely hope this isn’t the case.