Springfield, IL : Semi, 6 cars crash, injuring 8 on Tri-State Tollway near Gurnee on Monday, 19th September 2016

Eight people were injured in a multi-vehicle accident involving a semi-truck Monday evening on Interstate 94 in Gurnee.

Gurnee Fire Department Battalion Chief, James Pellitteri, said the seven-vehicle crash happened on westbound I-94, just south of Grand Avenue, at approximately 5:40 p.m.

It took the fire department 30 minutes to extricate one of the injured from a vehicle. Pellitteri said that person was sent to Advocate Condell Medical Hospital in Libertyville in critical condition.

A second person who also was extricated from another vehicle sustained minor injuries, Pellitteri said.

A total of six people were sent to Advocate with minor injuries, one in critical condition, and an eighth was was transported to Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan with minor injuries.

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Semi, 6 cars crash, injuring 8 on Tri-State Tollway near Gurnee