| This morning at 6:16 am Pingree Grove & Countryside responded for an Accident with Extrication, on Rt 72 West of Thurnau Rd. On arrival personnel found a single vehicle off the road, on its roof and one patient. The patient needed Extrication and the Vehicle was in the culvert about 8 feet down from the roadway with a guardrail between the Vehicle and roadway. 1402 took Command and requested a Medical Helicopter dispatched to the scene. The Extrication took about 20 minutes. The patient was transported to a level One Trauma Center by Helicopter. The Accident is under investigation. Rt 72 was closed for an undetermined time.
Responding from Pingree Grove:
-Engine 1213
-Engine 1214
-Ambulance 1253
-Ambulance 1253
-Ambulance 1251
-Chief 1201
-Chief 1202
Assisting Pingree Grove:
-Hampshire Chief 1402
-Hampshire Engine 1411
-Superior AirMed One
-Pingree Grove Police
-Hampshire Police
-Kane County Office of Emergency Management |
