Crime & Safety
Serious Injuries In La Grange Crash: Cops
A speeding driver struck a truck, with the truck running over the car's front end, police said.
LA GRANGE, IL – A crash earlier this month in La Grange resulted in serious injuries, with officers citing a speeding driver, police said.
Mid-afternoon April 3, a 26-year-old Countryside man was speeding north in the 800 block of La Grange Road when he lost control and struck the rear wheels of a UPS semi-truck, police said.
The truck's rear wheels went over the Chevrolet Corvette's front end, according to police. Much of the front end was crumpled.
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The truck clipped a tree alongside the road. A third car heading north was also struck, police said.
The occupants of the Corvette suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries, with the fire department extricating the driver, police said.
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Police reported that the driver was taken to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood and the passenger to the La Grange hospital. Fire department paramedics saw seven people.
The driver was cited on charges of improper lane usage, failure to reduce speed to avoid a crash, damage to village property and driving an uninsured car.
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