Car Hits Transformer Box

Traffic was backed up on Weber Road near I-55 Tuesday evening after a car struck an electrical box just north of Grand Boulevard near the Remington apartments.

The male driver, who one witness described as a teenager, was bleeding from the hand as he talked to police but did not appear seriously injured.

The driver was reportedly heading north on Weber when his vehicle veered into the grassy area near the Remington apartments and struck the box. He joked to a bystander on the scene that he was “protesting power.”

Assistant Police Chief Steve Lucchesi said few details were available on the crash Tuesday evening. Areas near the crash site were without power following the incident, but Lucchesi said he could not say how widespread the outage was.

A ComEd crew was on the scene shortly after 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.

 Bolingbrook Editor Brian Feldt contributed to this article.