Overview
- A Spring Grove police officer who was responding to assist another jurisdiction was involved in the crash at Illinois Route 12 and Spring Grove Road around 2:05 p.m. Sunday, police said.
- Emergency crews reported a total of eight people injured and transported victims to hospitals, with one person airlifted to Javon Bea Hospital in Rockford and four taken to Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital.
- Video and witnesses at the scene described multiple sport-utility vehicles involved and an officer initially pinned in his vehicle, but those details have not been fully verified by investigators.
- The Spring Grove Fire Protection District and local first responders closed the intersection during the rescue and treatment effort and moved several people from the wreckage to stretchers and ambulances.
- Investigators from the county major crash unit are leading the reconstruction and have not released a confirmed cause or comprehensive medical updates for the injured, and officials say further public updates will follow as the inquiry proceeds.