VIDEO: Semi-Trailer truck, SUV, and passenger car involved in crash at Touhy Avenue and Elmhurst Road in darkness early Monday morning.
Elk Grove Village police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 3:29 AM Monday to a report of crash with injuries at Elmhurst Road and Touhy Avenue Elk Grove Village, IL. Police and firefighter/paramedics received a report that three vehicles were involved in a crash in the intersection.
Police were first on the scene and reported that an SUV was crashed into the back of a semi-trailer truck with the driver trapped. The incident was upgraded to a pin-in response at 3:31 a.m.
The Battalion Chief for Elk Grove Village Fire Department on arrival reported one vehicle in the back of a semi-trailer truck and one vehicle into a light pole.
Two additional ambulances were dispatched to the scene. The second ambulance was dispatch on the upgrade to a pin-in response; the third ambulance was requested at about 3:35 a.m.
The patient in a Toyota SUV was extricated by 3:49 a.m.
Drivers of all three vehicles were evaluated by firefighter/paramedics.
Cook County Sheriff and Elk Grove Village police were on the scene for traffic control and investigation.
All three ambulances left the scene to hospitals by 4:03 a.m.
The intersection was cleared by about 6:30 a.m. according to a witness report.
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