Crime & Safety
Topsoil Truck Flips, Halts Traffic On Virginia Road
Luckily, there were no other vehicles involved and the driver was hospitalized with non life-threatening injuries.
LAKE IN THE HILLS, IL — A truck driver was sent to the hospital after a Tuesday accident in which his topsoil truck flipped over, closing a portion of Virginia Road near Route 31, the Northwest Herald reported.
The hefty truck was laying on its side. "It's good that there's no car, nothing underneath," said Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire Protection District Capt. Bill Pelinski.
The driver was able to get out of the truck before police arrived, and was sent to the hospital with non life-threatening injuries.
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Lake in the Hills police and Illinois State Police were on the scene. The truck needed two tow trucks to flip it back right-side-up.
Traffic on Virginia Road was halted for about two hours.
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