Sunday, July 31, 2016

1 dead, 7 injured in unincorporated Bensenville, IL multi-vehicle head-on collision


One of three vehicles involved in a collision in unincorporated Bensenville Sunday afternoon. (NVP News)


Sun-Times Media Wire
Sunday, July 31, 2016 07:46PM

UNINCORPORATED BENSENVILLE, Ill. -- A person was killed and seven people were injured in a collision in unincorporated northwest suburban Bensenville Sunday afternoon, according to authorities.

The Bensenville Fire Department was called to respond to Grand Avenue at Crown Road about 2 p.m. for a multi-vehicle collision, according to Bensenville Fire Chief Mike Spain. Responders found three vehicles with significant damage.

A Ford Crown Victoria and Nissan sedan were involved in a head-on collision, Spain said. A pickup truck then crashed into at least one of the vehicles.

A person inside the Nissan was killed, Spain said. Seven more people were hospitalized with injuries. Three were in critical condition, and the conditions of four others was not known, but had stabilized. Another person refused treatment at the scene.

They were taken to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Elmhurst Hospital and Alexian Brothers Medical Center in Elk Grove Village, Spain said.

Additional information was not immediately known.

Grand Avenue between York and County Line roads was closed while the DuPage County sheriff's office conducts an investigation.

(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire - Copyright Chicago Sun-Times 2016.)