Des Plaines police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 6:11 a.m. Tuesday, February 14, 2017 to a report of two people hit by a vehicle at Wolf Road and Jarvis Avenue.
Police and firefighter/paramedics initially received a report of a person hit by a vehicle, but were then updated that two people were hit by a white van that left the scene.
Ambulance 62’s crew on arrival by 6:14 a.m. reported one patient down in the middle of the road, and by 6:16 a.m. reported one patient was in traumatic cardiac arrest. Ambulance 62’s crew also report there was a second patient that was ambulatory, and requested a second ambulance. Ambulance 61 was assigned.
Two men were transported to Level I Trauma Center Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, where one of the men was pronounced dead. The second man had injuries that were described initially as not life-threatening.
The two men had exited a Pace bus and attempted to cross Wolf Road near Jarvis Avenue when they were by a northbound white van.
The white work van was last seen traveling north on Wolf Road. The driver is wanted for leaving the scene of a fatal vehicle vs. pedestrian incident.
Des Plaines police closed Wolf Road between Howard Avenue and Touhy Avenue for an extended accident investigation.
Des Plaines, Wolf Rd closed in both directions between Howard Ave and Birchwood Ave pic.twitter.com/pzctcJ3Mac
— WGN-TV Traffic (@WGNtraffic) February 14, 2017
Investigation in Des Plaines has Wolf Rd blocked now from Touhy to Howard Ave pic.twitter.com/ZXhC8CdJw2
— WGN-TV Traffic (@WGNtraffic) February 14, 2017
FIRE/MEDIC UNITS ASSIGNED …
ENGINE(S): E62
TRUCK(S): T ?? TL63
SQUAD(S): SQD ??
CHIEF(S): BC61
EMS: A62 A61
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