Terrible crash in mchenry at starbucks on Rt 120
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Of course the Facebook keyboard warriors are having a field day with this. The “a$$holes behind the wheel” page is making jokes and comments about it like “Good, Dunkin is better” Classless assholes that cry about people parking 1/2 inch over the line in an empty parking lot finding humor in people minding their business sipping coffee and getting plowed into. Yea, real funny.
Yeah. I'm wondering when the truck will show up on Craigslist with a Salvage Title.
News this morning - the driver was a 52 yr old dude who 'had a medical emergerncy and will not be charged'.
Seems like they are cutting the guy some slack, by all reports that I saw yesterday evening he was going 15-20mph over the posted speed limit.
When you have a grabber and push it to the wood and not lift you can medical emergency pretty far.
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Hikers find man dead in car that struck tree near Mundelein
A gold 2010 Toyota Prius, matching the description of the missing Round Lake Park man, was found in Mundelein crashed into a tree with a deceased man in the driver's seat.
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When you have a grabber and push it to the wood and not lift you can medical emergency pretty far.
Hikers find man dead in car that struck tree near Mundelein
A gold 2010 Toyota Prius, matching the description of the missing Round Lake Park man, was found in Mundelein crashed into a tree with a deceased man in the driver's seat.
Damn.... Fucking sent it...
Witnesses on the news said that the vehicle was speeding further down 120 by Taco Bell. Should be easy to verify through the data recorder since that looked like a new Ram. I've always thought that there it took a while to get that data due to legal steps, but who knows.
At the very least, this person should have their license revoked so this doesn't happen again.
ban trucks too.
medical emergency? like dude, if that shit was going down, no license again forever? come on.
medical emergency? like dude, if that shit was going down, no license again forever? come on.
Sad to hear this.
Guy has a stroke driving, take his license away forever? Dem logic right there.
Guy has a stroke driving, take his license away forever? Dem logic right there.
Medical issue caused McHenry Starbucks crash, police say
Patients treated and in fair condition.
Five people were reported injured, two of them critically, after a pickup truck drove into a McHenry Starbucks on Thursday evening, leaving a path of destruction in its wake. The crash occurred before 5 p.m. at 4305 W. Elm St., McHenry police said. The pickup truck's hazard lights were blinking as it jutted out of the gaping maw left in the building.
Upon their arrival, officers observed a full size Dodge Ram partially inside the Starbucks. The building sustained heavy damage.
Initial information showed the Dodge Ram was traveling Westbound on W. Elm St. and left the roadway east of the intersection of W. Elm St. and Oak Dr. The vehicle continued Westbound while off the roadway and collided with the northeast corner of Starbucks after striking a white Nissan SUV which was in the drive-thru area, according to authorities.
McHenry Township Fire Protection District (MTFPD), along with several neighboring fire departments, responded to the scene. Fire and rescue personnel did succeed in extracting one patient from under the Dodge Ram.
In total, five injuries were reported on scene. Four patients were transported to Northwestern Medicine Hospital in McHenry and one of the four was subsequently transported to Advocate Condell Hospital via Flight for Life. One patient was released on scene. Police does not have information on this person.
A 21-year-old male Starbucks employee of Ingleside was airlifted to Advocate Condell Hospital and was reported to be in critical condition at the time of their transport. They were treated for less than critical injuries and they are now in fair condition and being held for observation.
A second Starbucks female employee, 23, of Carpentersville, was treated at Northwestern Medicine McHenry with minor injuries and is now reported to be in good condition. They are being held for observation.
A female, 36, from McHenry, was treated and released last night for minor injuries. McHenry Police Public Affairs officer Patrick Polidori said the female was in a vehicle, but did not say what vehicle she was in.
Members of the McHenry County Regional Major Crash Investigation Team completed an investigation and determined the cause of the accident was due to a medical emergency. The driver of the Dodge Ram, a 53-year-old man from Lakemoor, will not be cited or charged.
The driver of the Nissan SUV sustained minor injuries and is in fair condition. He was treated and released from Northwestern Medicine.
Polidori said he could not provide the nature of the driver's medical emergency and the identities of the victims and driver.
Thank you! I probably should have used the word suspended vs. revoked above, but the state can do either based on medical conditions. I'm guessing a doctor needs to sign off to reinstate the license.
that's a lot different than revoked for speeding.
jason05gt was alluding to the person just driving recklessly for shits and giggles for whatever reason... i kept saying medical emergency and he doubled down with "vehicle was speeding further down" k
that's a lot different than revoked for speeding.
k
I think we crossed signals. I was referencing the medical condition in post #39 about "revoking" his license for medical reasons.
I guess I was confused about the sequence of events based on the news. If he was doing 50 in a 35 before the medical event happened, he should get a ticket in my opinion which is why I made the comment about letting him go easy.
Please look up "Sudden medical emergency defense" for IL. It protects the driver. This goes hand in hand with the fact that driver's do not automatically lose their license.
They can, but, that varies by state and how the accident is enforced.
I don't think he should lose his license forver. It was a stroke for fuck sake.
If anyone of you have a stroke (god forbid you do) please, report back to me on how you told your body "No, I am not having a stroke today, no sirrrreee bob" See how that works out for you.
I've had two mild heart attacks and I know a thing or two about how you lose all motor function. So, you should be punished for nearly dying? k.
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