Hoffman Estates police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 6:35 PM Sunday to a report of crash with injuries at Higgins Road and Prairie Stone Parkway Hoffman Estates, IL. Police and firefighter/paramedics received a report that a vehicle was rolled over on the Canadian National railroad tracks. A person was reported to have been ejected from the vehicle during the crash.
Canadian National freight trains are expected to stopped in the area. There is at least one train nearby which may block nearby intersections.
The patient was off the railroad tracks and in a rescue ambulance by 6:52 p.m. Firefighter/paramedics were also searching the area for any possible secondary crash victims.
UNITS ASSIGNED …
ENGINE(S): E24
TRUCK(S): T22
SQUAD(S): SQD22
CHIEF(S): BC6
EMS: A21 A24 A23
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