VIDEO: Crash involving minivan and backhoe on Northwest Highway west of Chatham Place.
Arlington Heights police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 2:00 PM Wednesday to a report of crash with injuries at Northwest Highway and Chatham Place Arlington Heights, IL. Police and firefighter/paramedics received a report that a minivan crashed with excavation equipment at Northwest Highway and Chatham Place at the Northwest Highway construction project.
A minivan and a backhoe collided in the eastbound lanes of Northwest Highway, just west of Chatham Place.
Two people were injured and transported to Northwest Community Hospital — the driver of the minivan and a highway construction worker.
Northwest Highway is in the middle of an extensive road construction project that began in Spring and is expected to end to end late Fall.
Map of area of construction crash on Northwest Highway …
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