Wheeling police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 11:39 AM Tuesday to a report of crash with injuries at Hintz Road and Willowbrook Drive Wheeling, IL. Police and firefighter/paramedics received a report that a driver was possibly unconscious at the crash scene.
Engine 23’s crew requested a truck and Battalion Chief for extrication. Prospect Heights Squad 9 was dispatch as the closest extrication crew at 11:43 a.m.
The only patient injured in the crash was extricated by 11:46 a.m.
Public works was requested to responded to the scene to check for damage involving a street pole.
FIREFIGHTER/PARAMEDIC UNITS ASSIGNED …
NGINE(S): E23
SQUAD(S): PROSPECT HEIGHTS SQD9/E39
CHIEF(S): BC24 2400 2401
EMS: A42
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