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Tanker rollover with Hazmat in Des Plaines, 5-8-19 (more)

May 8

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Here are some shots of the spill mitigation and uprighting of the tanker from the Tanker rollover with Hazmat in Des Plaines, 5-8-19

Overturned tanker truck uprighted by Schmitt's Truck Repair

Larry Shapiro photo

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MVA with entrapment and medevac in Northbrook, 1-17-19

Jan 17

Posted by Admin in Crash scene photos, crash scene video, Motor vehicle accident, Towing and Recovery | 2 Comments

Northbrook firefighters were dispatched to the southbound Tri-State Tollway (I-294) Thursday afternoon for a crash involving a car and a tractor-trailer. Companies found the driver of the car needing to be extricated after hitting the back of the truck’s trailer just prior to the southbound exit ramp to Willow Road.

A Flight For Life medical helicopter was requested to the scene and landed on the highway after all lanes in both directions were shutdown.

crash scene on highway with fire trucks and police cars

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Chicago MVA with Haz Mat Level 1, 3-26-17

Mar 27

Posted by Admin in Crash scene photos, Towing and Recovery, Towing and Recovery video | 7 Comments

This from Steve Redick:

Took in an unusual response yesterday on the outbound JFK Expressway at Kimball. A semi truck struck the retaining wall and went over the side on an elevated portion of the roadway. The cab detached from the frame (which remained dangling over the lower roadway) and fell to the street below. The driver was reported as being pinned with both portions of the wreckage on fire.

The driver had been removed and was enroute to the hospital when I arrived. Reportedly he was not pinned, but as you might imagine seriously injured. I observed some of the recovery operations utilizing the large IDOT wrecker as well as a bit of the Lin-Mar wrecker operations. A haz mat response was also utilized due to leaking fuel and fluids on both the upper and lower portions of the incident.

semi chassis dangling over a street where the cab separated

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semi tractor separated from chassis during crash

Tim Olk photo

Steve Redick photo

Tim Olk photo

semi tractor hanging over expressway wass

Steve Redick photo

Steve Redick photo

Tim Olk photo

Steve Redick photo

Steve Redick photo

firefighter applies foam after crash on highway

Tim Olk photo

Tim Olk photo

Tim Olk photo

more photos are HERE

Tags: cab from semi falls over bridge as truck dangles over the edge, Chicago FD Engine 106, Chicago FD special duty, Chicago Fire Department, IDOT Minuteman wreker, Lin Mar Towing, Steve Redick, Tim Olk, tractor-trailer crash with fire in Chicago

Wheeling crash with rescue 8/8/16 (more)

Aug 9

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video from the Wheeling crash with rescue 8/8/16

Tags: car over the retaining wall of a pond, crash scene video, firefighters rescue crash victim, Gene's Towing, Larry Shapiro, shapirophotography.net, ShapPhoto on YouTube, towing and recovery video, Wheeling Fire Department

Wheeling crash with rescue 8/8/16

Aug 8

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Wheeling firefighters along with mutual aid companies from several surrounding towns were sent to the area of 9930 Capitol Drive on Monday afternoon for a reported car into a pond with people trapped. Wheeling Chief 2400 was the first on the scene advising that a car was perched over a concrete retaining wall with at least one occupant inside. Along with the divers and boats that were en route, an urgent request was made for a tow truck to secure the car so firefighters could retrieve the driver.

Several of the incoming units were returned after the nature of the incident was known and work began to secure the SUV and then remove the driver, who proved to be the only occupant.

tow operator secures car stuck on a wall

Larry Shapiro photo

fire department divers view a car on a retaining wall with the driver inside

Larry Shapiro photo

firefighters secure a car with a rope around a tree

Larry Shapiro photo

fire department divers remove the driver from a car on a retaining wall

Larry Shapiro photo

firefighter paramedics carry a patient up a hill

Larry Shapiro photo

The driver sheared off a fire hydrant and hit two cars before plunging over the retaining wall.

Larry Shapiro photo

Larry Shapiro photo

an SUV dangles over a retaining wall of a pond

Larry Shapiro photo

heavy wrecker picks up car from retention pond

Larry Shapiro photo

more photos at shapirophotography.net

Tags: car over the retaining wall of a pond, firefighters rescue crash victim, Gene's Towing, Larry Shapiro, shapirophotography.net, Wheeling Fire Department

School bus crash in Grayslake, 1-5-16

Jan 6

Posted by Admin in MVA, Towing and Recovery | 5 Comments

Excerpts from the ChicagoTribune.com:

A school bus with no children onboard rolled over Tuesday morning in a four-vehicle crash on Rollins Road near Sheldon Road.

According to the Grayslake Fire Department, three people were treated for minor injuries at the scene, which was called in to emergency dispatch at 8:16 a.m.

A driver and an attendant were the only people on the bus, which is assigned to Round Lake School District 116. Both got out of the bus through an emergency hatch before ~~first responders~~ police and firefighters arrived.

Grayslake Police Cmdr. Brian Ernst said the bus was headed west on Rollins Road, a four-lane roadway, when a vehicle coming from the opposite direction tried to pass another car and lost control. The passing vehicle, driven by a 25-year-old Ingleside man, crossed the centerline and struck the bus, causing it to rollover on its side.

The first collision caused a secondary crash with two other vehicles involved.

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Tags: Fox Towing Company, Grayslake Fire Department, Grayslake Police Cmdr. Brian Ernst, school box knocked on side from crash, schoolbus crash in Grayslake, Tim Olk, tow truck uprights school bus

Car backs into grocery store in Buffalo Grove 7-4-14

Jul 5

Posted by Admin in Apparatus on-scene, Rescue scene photos, Towing and Recovery | 1 Comment

This from Larry Shapiro:

A Lexus SUV smashed backwards into the glass doorway of the Garden Fresh Market at 770 S. Buffalo Grove Friday afternoon. The driver was evaluated and signed a release as did one store employee that was hit with flying glass while working inside the store.

A Lexus SUV smashed into the entrance of a grocery store inBuffalo Grove July 4, 2014. Larry Shapiro photo

The car is winched from the doorway. Larry Shapiro photo

damage to store after car drives through door

A view from inside after the car was removed. Larry Shapiro photo

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Tags: Buffalo Grove Fire Department, car crashes into Garden Fresh Market in Buffalo Grove, Hillside Towing Company, Larry Shapiro, Lexus SUV smashes into Buffalo Grove grocery store

Countryside FPD 2nd Alarm haz mat box 3-19-14

Mar 19

Posted by Admin in Hazardous Materials Incident, Motor vehicle accident, Towing and Recovery | Comments off

The Countryside FPD requested a 2nd Alarm Hazardous Materials Box this morning after a truck trailer tipped over in Vernon Hills. The Daily Herald has this information:

A section of one of central Lake County’s busiest roads was shut down for several hours Wednesday, snarling morning rush-hour motorists, after a truck’s trailer tipped over in Vernon Hills.

No one was seriously injured in the 6:20 a.m. accident on Route 60 at Butterfield Road, said Batallion Chief Kevin Wodrich of the Countryside Fire Protection District.

The truck was pulling two trailers. One of the trailers tipped onto its side as the truck was turning from southbound Butterfield Road onto eastbound Route 60, Vernon Hills police said.

The Con-way Freight truck was hauling two 300-gallon tanks of potassium hydroxide and two 300-gallon tanks of phosphoric acid, the fire department said in a news release, and the tanks leaked. A hazardous-materials team stopped the leaks so workers could clean up the mess.

Tim Olk was at the scene and submitted several images.

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Tim Olk photo

heavy wrecker tow trucks upright truck trailer

Tim Olk photo

Tags: Batallion Chief Kevin Wodrich, Countryside Fire Protection District, Ernie's Wrecker Service, hazardous materials incident in Mundelein, photos of firemen working at hazardous materials incident, Tim Olk

Prospect Heights MVA with entrapment 11-7-13

Nov 7

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This from Larry Shapiro:

Prospect Heights had a three ambulance response to an MVA on Schoenbeck Road at Willow Road just before 6PM. They found a Nissan SUV on it’s side with two unbelted occupants precariously positioned inside. They removed the windshield and the rear tailgate to facilitate removal of the victims. Two were transported and the third ambulance was returned.

I arrived a bit late, just as they had finished removing the 2nd patient. Here are some shots of the scene and there are more on my site HERE.