Illinois State Police troopers and police, firefighters and paramedics from Rosemont responded about 7:38 a.m. Wednesday, October 20, 2021 to a report of a crash with entrapment involving a semi-trailer truck on I-90 EAST near Devon Avenue and Mile Post 77.5 in Rosemont.
The truck driver was trapped under the dash of the tractor trailer, extricated by 7:57 a.m., and was transported to a nearby hospital. Two other crash victims were assessed by paramedics and were released or refused ambulance transport.
Eastbound I-90 was backed up to Busse Road at 8:25 a.m. All lanes were re-opened by about 8:40 a.m.
I-90 Eastbound – CRASH – West of Devon Av (Higgins Rd) – MP 77.0 – ALL LANES OPEN
— Tollway Trip 90 (@I_90_Tollway) October 20, 2021
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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