One person was hospitalized after a two-vehicle crash that left a car rolled over and a driver trapped inside, completely shutting down Algonquin Road in Algonquin.
The Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire Protection District and Algonquin Police Department responded around 10:40 a.m. Sunday to the area of Algonquin Road and Michard Way for a report of a vehicle crash with injuries.
A 911 caller reported someone was trapped in one of the vehicles.
Fire crews arrived to find a two-vehicle crash with one vehicle that had rolled over onto its side, fire officials said.
The driver of the rolled-over vehicle was trapped inside the car and required the fire department to perform extrication.
The Huntley Fire Protection District, Crystal Lake Fire Rescue Department, Rutland-Dundee Fire Protection District and Carpentersville Fire Department responded to the scene to assist.
The Algonquin Police Department shut down both directions of traffic on Algonquin Road from Mitchard Way to Route 31.
The driver was extricated from the vehicle and transported to Northwestern Medicine Hospital in Huntley with non-life-threatening injuries, fire officials said.
Tow trucks removed the vehicles involved and the roadway was reopened a short time later.
Algonquin Police Department Sgt. Jason Burzynski said a Chevrolet Impala, driven by a 67-year-old Cary man, was attempting to turn left onto eastbound Algonquin Road from a private drive.
The Chevrolet Impala struck a Chevrolet Trailblazer, driven by an 80-year-old man from Lake in the Hills, that was traveling westbound on Algonquin Road approaching Michard Way.
The impact caused the Trailblazer to roll over. The driver of the Impala was issued a citation for failure to yield.
Fire officials said that multiple other fire departments assisted at the scene because the Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire Protection District was already at the scene of another major incident.
The fire district was called around 8:30 a.m. to the 1000 block of Menoma Trail in Algonquin after a fire engulfed a house, leaving it a total loss and prompting a dozen fire departments to be called.
Fire officials said it took fire crews approximately an hour to bring the fire under control. No injuries were reported to any residents or to firefighters.