Shorewood Police Car In Wreck At Black, River Roads

SHOREWOOD, IL - A Shorewood police officer was taken to Presence Saint Joseph Medical Center on Saturday evening for precautionary reasons after a collision with a sports utility vehicle around 5 p.m. at a busy intersection in Shorewood. The crash was at Black Road and River Road and both vehicles sustained heavy front-end damage.

Several Shorewood police cars immediately responded to the crash, and they helped with traffic control to help other motorists maneuver through the intersection safely while the crash was being investigated.

Troy Fire and Rescue sent an ambulance and a fire engine to the scene. The Illinois State Police later arrived to handle the investigation since the wreck involved a Shorewood squad car.

At the scene, Patch spoke with a Shorewood police sergeant. He indicated that the crash involved the two vehicles, and there were no unusual factors surrounding the crash. The Shorewood officer who crashed the squad was not involved in any type of high-speed chase, the sergeant said.

The damaged police cruiser was squad 71.

The Shorewood sergeant gave no indication that the driver of the sports utility vehicle was injured in the crash. That vehicle's air-bag deployed after the SUV came to a rest at the corner of the intersection.

Patch noticed a man, possibly the SUV's driver, walking over to give a statement to the Illinois State Police trooper after the officer arrived about 20 to 25 minutes afterward.

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