Driver Airlifted After Crashing Into Tree In Prairie Grove

PRAIRIE GROVE, IL — One person was seriously injured when a car collided with a tree at Barreville and Wright roads over the weekend.

Paramedics and police responded to the collision at about 6:20 a.m. on Sunday and found the male driver trapped inside the vehicle, according to a news release from the Nunda Township Fire Protection District.

The collision happened when the vehicle left the road and collided with the tree. It took nearly an hour for fire crews to extricate the man, who was "heavily entrapped," from the vehicle, fire officials said.

He was taken by helicopter to Advocate Condell Medical in Libertyville for treatment.

The cause of the collision remains under investigation.