This from Larry Shapiro:
Firefighters were called to the scene of a head-on crash this afternoon on Old McHenry Road north of Cuba Road in Long Grove. First arriving companies reported one car vs a semi with a fire and the car’s driver trapped. The driver was extricated in short order and transported to Condell Hospital … the fire, reported to have encroached into the passenger compartment was quickly contained.
The semi was parked on the shoulder (northbound on the southbound side of the road) as the driver was delivering building materials up a long driveway with a piggyback truck mounted forklift. He reported seeing smoke as he approached the street having never heard the impact of the crash. He attempted to fight the fire with an extinguisher as did a Lake County Sheriff’s deputy prior to the arrival of the fire department.
Here are some images from the scene.
Firefighters work to extinguish the fire and free the driver. Larry Shapiro photo
Two Long Grove firefighters work to free the driver from the car as another fights the fire. Larry Shapiro photo
The airbag did not deploy during the crash. Larry Shapiro photo
More images are at shapirophotography.net
#1 by Shane on October 23, 2014 - 8:04 AM
From the images on the website both Buffalo Grave Quint 27 and Lincolnshire’s Squad were there.
#2 by Bill Post on October 22, 2014 - 11:52 PM
Larry was Buffalo Grove Quint 27 dispatched automatically or did they have Special Call Buffalo Grove to the scene after Long Grove had arrived?
Did I read correctly that the Lake Zurich Squad was also dispatched to the scene or was it the Lincolnshire Squad 51 that was dispatched?
Better yet do you have a complete run down of who was dispatched to the scene?
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