Crime & Safety

Two Car Crash at Euclid and Quentin Leaves One Seriously Injured

A car and SUV were involved in a crash around 5 p.m. Friday that closed Euclid east of Quentin Road and sent three people to area hospitals, one was sent to the Level I Trauma Center at Lutheran General.

Three people were injured, one seriously, in a two car accident near the intersection of Quentin and Euclid Friday night. 

The accident occurred at 5:06 p.m. Friday and involved a car and an SUV. Two of the three victims had to be extricated by firefighter/paramedics. 

"From the information we have now, the car hit the SUV on the driver's side and pinned the SUV against the guard rail," said Bill Gabrenya, Palatine Fire Department deputy fire chief. 

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Gabrenya said there were two people in the car, an adult female and a juvenile, and one was outside of the vehicle when emergency personnel arrived.

The person in the SUV, an adult male, was unconscious at the time crews arrived, and also had to be extricated. Gabrenya said due to his condition, the roof of the SUV was removed to get to him as quickly as possible.

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The man was transferred to the Level 1 Trauma Center at Lutheran General Hospital, and the other two victims were taken to Northwest Community Hospital, Gabrenya said. 

Gabrenya said due to the seriousness of the accident, three fire engines, a fire truck, a police squad car and three ambulances were on the scene.

Traffic was still blocked on the eastbound lane of Euclid just east of Quentin Road more than three hours after the accident occurred.

The Palatine Police Crash Unit continues to investigate the cause, police officials said. 


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