A woman was in critical condition and heavily trapped inside a car that slammed into the rear of a semi-truck, becoming lodged underneath the truck, on Route 41 in North Chicago Friday evening.
The North Chicago Fire Department and North Chicago Police Department responded around 8:05 p.m. Friday to the area of Route 137 and Route 41 in North Chicago for a vehicle crash with injuries.
North Chicago Fire Chief John Umek said fire crews arrived to find a two-vehicle crash.
The collision occurred in the northbound lanes of Route 41 just south of Route 137.
Umek said a semi-tractor-trailer truck was stopped at the light when a passenger car crashed into the rear trailer of the truck.
The car, a Nissan Altima, went partially underneath the trailer and sustained significant damage, Umek said.
Umek said the driver, who was the sole occupant of the Nissan, was heavily trapped inside the car.
Multiple fire departments were called to the scene to conduct extrication operations, which took approximately 25 minutes.
Paramedics transported the adult female driver to Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville in critical condition, Umek said. The driver remained alive as of Monday.
The driver of the semi-truck was uninjured. Other fire departments covered calls in North Chicago during the incident.
Northbound Route 41 was shut down from Route 60 in Lake Forest to Route 137 in North Chicago for the crash investigation.
Southbound Route 41 was also shut down at Route 137.
The Lake County Major Crash Assistance Team (MCAT) responded to conduct a crash reconstruction and investigation.
The North Chicago Police Department has not released further information yet as to what may have caused the crash.