October 18, 200520 yr Big rig overturns on vehicles. POSTED: 1:56 pm CDT October 18, 2005 UPDATED: 2:29 pm CDT October 18, 2005 MARKHAM, Ill. -- A big rig with a full load of gravel overturned onto at least two vehicles near Markham Tuesday afternoon. The crash took place at 159th and Crawford. There are reports from the scene that someone may be trapped inside one of the vehicles. LIVE NOW: Sky5 Video From Scene Crash Images | More NBC5.com Images Rescue crews working around an SUV appeared to be trying to extricate someone from the vehicle. They pulled a stretcher up to the automobile, but around 2:20 p.m., crews took the stretcher away empty and spread a white sheet over the vehicle's shattered windshield. Moments later, authorities pulled a person out through the driver's side of the wrecked SUV and placed the victim on another stretcher. People who had gathered around the scene began to applaud when the victim moved his or her arm and was wheeled away to a waiting Lifeflight helicopter, which took off at 2:30 p.m. ************************************************************** I was just watching some of the footage. Exactly why I stay far away from gravel trucks (fyi - they are completely repaving Pulaski from about 147th ish to 159th so it is one lane each way).
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