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MVA in North Chicago with extrication, 9/21/15

Excerpts from the ChicagoTribune.com:

Firefighters needed more than an hour Monday afternoon to remove an injured woman from her SUV after a crash with a dump truck on northbound Route 41, south of 137 in North Chicago just before 1 p.m.

The woman was then airlifted by  Flight for Life.

“It was an extremely difficult extrication,” said Cmdr. Joshua Rickabaugh of the North Chicago Fire Department. “The way that the victim was pinned inside the car, it was difficult to remove the car around her.”

Libertyville, Knollwood, and Great Lakes fire departments assisted at the scene.

Tim Olk photo

Tim Olk photo

Tim Olk photo

Tim Olk photo

Tim Olk photo

Tim Olk photo

Tim Olk photo

Tim Olk photo

Tim Olk photo

Tim Olk photo

Tim Olk photo

More photos at firescenes.net

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• #1 by Tom on September 23, 2015 - 10:14 AM

  

  That is probable a once in a lifetime shot of the helicopter landing or taking off behind the rigs with the crash in the foreground. Excellent picture.

• #2 by Michael M on September 22, 2015 - 12:16 PM

  

  Which HOspital did Flight for Life go to?

  • #3 by Admin on September 22, 2015 - 12:24 PM

    

    click the news article link for details

• #4 by David on September 22, 2015 - 9:15 AM

  

  Looks horrible, great job that they got her outta this alive.

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