Archive for category MVA

CFD MVA at 48th & Indiana, 11/28/15

Nov 29

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This from Tim Olk:

48th and Indiana pin-in with 5 injured

firefighters remove patient after car crash

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Tags: 5 hurt in crash at 48th and Indiana in Chicago, Chicago Fire Department, firefighters free victims from car crash in Chicago, Tim Olk

Arlington Heights one-car crash, 10-21-15

Oct 22

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This from Scott Peterson:

Vehicle vs power pole – no entrapment on Rand Rd 1 block west of Arlington Heights Rd. Driver remained in the vehicle until Com-Ed shut down the power. This pole did have a transformer on it. Com-Ed arrived within 20 mins of the FD arrival. Once Com-Ed gave the all clear, Arlington Heights FD crews removed the driver and transported to Northwest Community Hospital.

Eng 4, Amb 4, Sqd 2 & Batt 1.

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Scott Peterson photo

Tags: Arlington Heights Fire Department, power pole on pickup truck, Scott Peterson, truck crash in Arlington Heights, truck hits power pole and traps driver

Tractor-trailer rollover in Long Grove, 10-15-15

Oct 16

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This from Larry Shapiro:

There were no injuries after a tractor-trailer rolled over on the infamous ramp at the northern end of IL Route 53 toward WB Lake Cook Road. Long Grove firefighters had to force entry into the container when the driver was unsure of the cargo.

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MVA in Lyons, 9-25-15

Sep 27

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This from Tim Olk:

Lyons MVA with 2 semis leaking diesel at 1st Ave And Ogden

firemen monitor diesel spill at truck crash

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Tim Olk photo

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Tim Olk photo

Tim Olk photo

Tags: clean up of diesel fuel after truck crash, crash scene with two tractor-trailers, Lyons Fire Department, Tim Olk

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

Sep 22

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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.

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firefighters work to free a driver after a crash

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car after being cut apart by firefighters

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Tags: crash in North Chicago with prolonged extrication, crash with extrication in North Chicago, extended extrication of driver, Flight for Life helicopter, North Chicago Fire Department, Tim Olk

Crash with extrication in Buffalo Grove, 6/7/15 (more)

Jun 8

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More images and a video from the Crash with extrication in Buffalo Grove, 6/7/15

firemen works to free people trapped in a car

Larry Shapiro photo

Larry Shapiro photo

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fireman uses Holmatro spreader at crash site

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fireman uses Holmatro cutters at crash site

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fire department safety officer reviews extrication

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Larry Shapiro photo

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Larry Shapiro photo

Larry Shapiro photo

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Crash with extrication in Buffalo Grove, 6/7/15

Jun 7

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This from Larry Shapiro:

Buffalo Grove firefighters were called to McHenry Road and the entrance to The Grove shopping center, north of Lake-Cook Road late this morning (6/7/15) for a two-car crash with one car on it’s side. Battalion 4 arrived and reported that two SUVs were involved with one partially hanging over an embankment into a drainage culvert. The two occupants of the car in the street refused treatment and the other two were entrapped and needed to be extricated.

The car was stabilized with rescue jacks and tied off to the quint while tools were put to work on both sides of the vehicle.

Here are a few shots from the scene. I’ll have more tomorrow along with a video.

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Larry Shapiro photo

SUV tangles over retention wall after crash

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Larry Shapiro photo

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MVA with trapped occupants in Glenview, 6-3-15

Jun 4

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Glenview firefighters extricated two elderly occupants from a car that crashed and rolled over at the intersection of Willow Road and Old Willow Road on Wednesday (6/3/15),

two trapped from car crash in Glenview 6/3/15

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MVA in Northbrook, 5/15/15

May 16

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This from Dorothy Shapiro:

Was in the car Friday evening (5/15/15) and was passing a two-car crash just after the fire companies arrived at Dundee Road and Sanders Road. Here are a few shots.

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Tags: car crash, crash in intersection, Dorothy Shapiro, Freightliner ambulance, Northbrook Fire Department

MVA in Buffalo Grove, 4-4-15

Apr 5

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This from Larry Shapiro:

I took in a reported rollover with entrapment Saturday afternoon around the block from my house. I arrived before any fire companies to find a one-car crash with no entrapment. The vehicle was a Lexus SUV with extensive damage. One occupant was outside the vehicle and the other had run about a block away before being stopped by the police. Both were transported, 1-BLS & 1-ALS.

The reason that I’m submitting these images without any fire department involvement has to do with the circumstances of the collision … and a recurring thought about it not being their time …

The car veered off the road, nicked a utility pole prior to coming into contact with a metal fence post for a chain-link fence. The car then rolled over while crushing two sections of wood fence with two 4×4 posts piercing the windshield … narrowly missing both occupants.