Schaumburg police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 7:01 AM Tuesday to a rollover crash on southbound Route 53/IL-290 near Higgins Road Schaumburg, IL. Police and firefighter/paramedics received a report of a rollover crash on southbound Route 53 north of Biesterfield Road.
First firefighter/paramedics on the scene reported a rollover crash near the entrance ramp from Higgins Road to southbound Route 53. Firefighter/paramedics reported no people were trapped in the rollover crash. One vehicle upside down, and one vehicle crashed into the wall. All occupants walking around at the scene.
Southbound traffic was backed up from about Dundee Road to the crash scene, and gapers northbound traffic was backed up to about North Avenue.
A second rear-end crash occurred about 7:50 a.m. near Biesterfield Road on northbound Route 53. Elk Grove Village paramedics on the scene transporting on victim.
Traffic was at a standstill for at least an hour from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. Tuesday.
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