Overview
- First responders were dispatched around 4:30 a.m. to westbound I-90 just west of Route 47, according to the Huntley Fire Protection District.
- Two people were trapped in a heavily damaged car and were extricated before being taken to hospitals with serious-to-critical, life-threatening injuries.
- One patient was airlifted to Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville for advanced trauma care, and another was transported to Northwestern Medicine Huntley.
- The Illinois State Police are investigating the crash involving a semi-trailer truck and a car, and the precise cause has not been released.
- The two right westbound lanes and the Route 47 entrance and exit ramps were closed, with the westbound entrance ramp shut for several hours as officials warned of delays.