A 25-year-old woman from Buffalo Grove died after a two-vehicle crash that left the vehicles heavily damaged and two people trapped in Wheeling, authorities said.
The Wheeling Fire Department and Wheeling Police Department responded around 10:23 p.m. Wednesday to the intersection of Lake Cook Road and Northgate Parkway on the border of Wheeling and Buffalo Grove.
Wheeling Fire Chief Scott Salela said it was initially reported that a vehicle crash occurred and entrapment was reported in the vehicles.
A 911 caller who witnessed the crash reported the incident as a head-on style collision just west of the intersection.
Fire crews arrived within five minutes and found two vehicles involved with heavy damage.
Salela said both vehicles each had a victim entrapped inside.
Fire department personnel provided medical treatment and extricated both victims, Salela said.
The victims were both extricated within 20 minutes and transported by ambulances to the hospital.
One of the victims died at the hospital from their injuries, Salela said. The condition of the second victim was not released.
The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office said the deceased victim is a 25-year-old Buffalo Grove woman. An autopsy is being scheduled.
The Glenview Fire Department and Lincolnshire-Riverwoods Fire Protection District covered Wheeling fire stations during the incident.
Police have not said what caused the crash or who was at fault.