Joliet Cop Hospitalized After Wreck On Theodore Street

JOLIET, IL — A 40-year-old Joliet police officer was taken to St. Joe's hospital after he suffered a foot injury, after a 20-year-old Plainfield resident crashed into the police vehicle around 5:10 p.m. Friday on Theodore Street and Westhampton Drive.

Both vehicles sustained significant damage and were towed away from the crash.

According to Joliet police spokesman Dwayne English:

A Chevrolet Traverse driven by Eryk Hood was headed westbound on Theodore Street in the inside lane, waiting to turn left to southbound Westhampton Drive.

The fully marked Joliet Police Department Ford Explorer squad driven by the on-duty Joliet police was eastbound on West Theodore Street approaching Westhampton Drive in the curb lane.

Hood made a left turn into the path of the Joliet police Explorer and then braked to stop. The Explorer then struck the front passenger side of the Traverse.

An uninvolved pickup truck was stopped in the inside lane of eastbound West Theodore Street waiting to turn left onto northbound Brighton Lane at the time of the crash, English noted.

Hood was uninjured and refused medical attention. The officer was taken by a Joliet Fire Department ambulance to St. Joe's hospital with a foot injury.

Hood was cited for failure to yield-turning left, English noted.