Police and firefighter/paramedics from Rolling Meadows responded about 4:15 p.m. Friday July 31, 2020 to a report of a five-vehicle crash on the Euclid Avenue bridge over Route 53.
A second ambulance was requested at 4:22 p.m. Firefighter/paramedics worked to assess multiple patients and eventually transported two patients with injuries that did not initially appear to be life-threatening.
The crash was located on westbound Euclid Avenue near the off ramp to southbound Route 53. Northbound Route 53 was backed up almost to Algonquin Road at 4:45 p.m. for another incident with a tanker truck on Route 53 near Euclid Avenue.
The information in this article is an early report published before any summary information was confirmed or released by police or fire authorities.
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