Lake Cook dinner Highway in northwest suburban Arlington Heights was anticipated to stay closed for a number of hours late Saturday following a multi-vehicle collision that left one particular person critically injured, authorities mentioned.
The crash was reported earlier than 4:30 p.m. on the intersection of Lake Cook dinner Highway and Bloomington Avenue, in line with a information launch from the Arlington Heights Police Division. In response to police, a BMW M340i was touring eastbound on Lake Cook dinner Highway “at a price better than the posted pace restrict” when it collided with a 2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee, which was pulling ahead from a cease signal.
The BMW’s entrance finish struck the driving force’s aspect of the Jeep in a “T-bone-type” influence, police mentioned. The collision pressured the Jeep to roll over a number of occasions earlier than coming to relaxation within the westbound lanes of Lake Cook dinner Highway.
The motive force of the Jeep, a 69-year-old Des Plaines resident, suffered a number of traumatic accidents and was transported to Advocate Lutheran Basic Hospital in Park Ridge. The motive force of the BMW, an 18-year-old man from Deer Park, and two teenage passengers had been evaluated by paramedics on scene and had been taken to hunt medical care by household, police mentioned.
A 3rd teenage passenger was transported to an space hospital with a non-life-threatening damage. Lake Cook dinner Highway was quickly closed to eastbound and westbound visitors – east of Route 53 to Wilke Highway – as of earlier than 9 p.m. and was anticipated to stay closed for a number of hours.
The crash is beneath investigation by Arlington Heights police with the help of the Main Case Help Staff – Critical Site visitors Accident Reconstruction unit.