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Driver Airlifted After Streamwood Crash

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A driver was airlifted to a hospital after a crash early Tuesday in northwest suburban Streamwood.

The crash happened at 3:57 a.m. in the westbound lanes of Irving Park Road west of Sunnydale Boulevard, according to Streamwood Police Department Deputy Chief Daryl Syre. A male driver was pinned inside the vehicle.

The driver was airlifted to Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge with injuries that were not thought to be life-threatening, Syre said.

Westbound Irving Park was closed for investigation after the crash, police said.

(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2017. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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