{"id":61708,"date":"2026-07-26T22:42:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T22:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/61708\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T22:42:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T22:42:19","slug":"firefighters-extricate-driver-who-only-had-non-life-threatening-injuries-after-crash-involving-2-dump-trucks-in-round-lake-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/61708\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefighters extricate driver who only had non-life-threatening injuries after crash involving 2 dump trucks in Round Lake Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\"\"\"\"<\/a>Firefighters extricate a driver trapped after their Mercedes-Benz sedan was hit by a dump truck and ended up crushed against a tree on Route 83 in front of The Home Depot in Round Lake Beach Friday morning. | Photo: Woo-Sung Shim \/ Lake and McHenry County Scanner<\/p>\n

A driver miraculously suffered only non-life-threatening injuries after their car was hit by a dump truck and ended up crushed against a tree on Route 83 in Round Lake Beach Friday morning.<\/p>\n

The Greater Round Lake Fire Protection District and Round Lake Beach Police Department responded around 10:25 a.m. Friday to Route 83 south of East Millstone Drive, in front of The Home Depot, for reports of a vehicle crash with injuries.<\/p>\n

\"\"\"\"<\/a>Firefighters\/paramedics bring a backboard while other crews extricate a driver trapped in their Mercedes-Benz sedan after it was hit by a dump truck and ended up crushed against a tree on Route 83 in front of The Home Depot in Round Lake Beach Friday morning. | Photo: Woo-Sung Shim \/ Lake and McHenry County Scanner<\/p>\n

While emergency crews were responding, they received additional reports that someone was trapped in their vehicle and there was heavy damage.<\/p>\n

A witness told Lake & McHenry County Scanner that several Good Samaritans rushed to aid the person trapped.<\/p>\n

\"\"\"\"<\/a>A firefighter\/paramedic readies a hose line while crews extricate a driver trapped in their Mercedes-Benz sedan after it was hit by a dump truck and ended up crushed against a tree on Route 83 in front of The Home Depot in Round Lake Beach Friday morning. | Photo: Woo-Sung Shim \/ Lake and McHenry County Scanner<\/p>\n

Police officers and firefighter\/paramedics quickly arrived and found two dump trucks and a Mercedes-Benz sedan involved in the southbound lanes of Route 83.<\/p>\n

The Mercedes sustained heavy damage, and its driver\u2019s side was against a tree with the driver trapped.<\/p>\n

A fire truck from the Lake Villa Fire Protection District responded to the scene to assist.<\/p>\n

An ambulance, also from the Lake Villa Fire Protection District, was in the area and also assisted.<\/p>\n

\"\"\"\"<\/a>Firefighters extricate a driver trapped after their Mercedes-Benz sedan was hit by a dump truck and ended up crushed against a tree on Route 83 in front of The Home Depot in Round Lake Beach Friday morning. | Photo: Woo-Sung Shim \/ Lake and McHenry County Scanner<\/p>\n

Firefighters quickly began extrication operations for the driver of the Mercedes.<\/p>\n

Greater Round Lake Battalion Fire Chief Jay VandeBerg said the operation was complex due to the extent and configuration of the damage.<\/p>\n

Firefighter\/paramedics were seen putting a cervical collar on the driver and protecting them while the others used heavy-duty rescue tools to remove multiple doors and the roof of the Mercedes.<\/p>\n

\"\"\"\"<\/a>Firefighters extricate a driver trapped after their Mercedes-Benz sedan was hit by a dump truck and ended up crushed against a tree on Route 83 in front of The Home Depot in Round Lake Beach Friday morning. | Photo: Woo-Sung Shim \/ Lake and McHenry County Scanner<\/p>\n

The driver was bloody but appeared to be alert and speaking with the rescue crews, a Lake & McHenry County Scanner reporter saw at the scene.<\/p>\n

The driver was safely extricated in approximately 10-15 minutes and was rolled into the back of an ambulance from the Greater Round Lake Fire Protection District.<\/p>\n

\"\"\"\"<\/a>Firefighter\/paramedics prepare to move a driver to a stretcher after their Mercedes-Benz sedan was hit by a dump truck and ended up crushed against a tree on Route 83 in front of The Home Depot in Round Lake Beach Friday morning. | Photo: Woo-Sung Shim \/ Lake and McHenry County Scanner<\/p>\n

The ambulance transported the driver to Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville with non-life-threatening injuries, VandeBerg said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe crews made a great extrication,\u201d VandeBerg said, adding that no other injuries occurred despite the complexity of the operation.<\/p>\n

\"\"\"\"<\/a>A driver only sustained non-life-threatening injuries after their Mercedes-Benz sedan was hit by a dump truck and ended up crushed against a tree on Route 83 in front of The Home Depot in Round Lake Beach Friday morning. | Photo: Woo-Sung Shim \/ Lake and McHenry County Scanner<\/p>\n

All other drivers involved in the crash refused to be medically evaluated, VandeBerg said.<\/p>\n

A heavy wrecker from A-Tire County Service, based out of Round Lake, was requested.<\/p>\n

VandeBerg said the request was made in case crews needed the Mercedes repositioned to make more space for the driver\u2019s side door.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to have multiple plans in place just in case,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\"\"\"\"<\/a>A driver only sustained non-life-threatening injuries after their Mercedes-Benz sedan was hit by a dump truck and ended up crushed against a tree on Route 83 in front of The Home Depot in Round Lake Beach Friday morning. | Photo: Woo-Sung Shim \/ Lake and McHenry County Scanner<\/p>\n

Though not used during the extrication operation, the heavy wrecker still helped reposition the Mercedes afterwards for removal by tow crews.<\/p>\n

The heavy wrecker also towed one of the dump trucks involved in the crash.<\/p>\n

\"\"\"\"<\/a>A driver only sustained non-life-threatening injuries after their Mercedes-Benz sedan was hit by a dump truck and ended up crushed against a tree on Route 83 in front of The Home Depot in Round Lake Beach Friday morning. | Photo: Woo-Sung Shim \/ Lake and McHenry County Scanner<\/p>\n

Firefighters, police officers and the tow truck crews remained on scene cleaning up debris scattered on the roadway.<\/p>\n

The southbound lanes of Route 83 were shut down at Millstone Drive while crews tended to the scene.<\/p>\n

\"\"\"\"<\/a>A police officer and tow truck operator clean up debris from a crash involving a Mercedes-Benz sedan and a dump truck on Route 83 in front of The Home Depot in Round Lake Beach Friday morning. | Photo: Woo-Sung Shim \/ Lake and McHenry County Scanner<\/p>\n

Round Lake Police Chief Ryan Rodriguez said the preliminary investigation shows a vehicle, which was traveling northbound on Route 83, \u201centered the path\u201d of a truck traveling in the same direction.<\/p>\n

That caused the truck to jackknife and cross into the southbound lanes of Route 83, hitting a truck traveling southbound on Route 83, Rodriguez added.<\/p>\n

\"\"\"\"<\/a>A tow truck operator cleans up debris from a crash involving a Mercedes-Benz sedan and a dump truck on Route 83 in front of The Home Depot in Round Lake Beach Friday morning. | Photo: Woo-Sung Shim \/ Lake and McHenry County Scanner<\/p>\n

That truck then hit the Mercedes.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe northbound vehicle believed to have initiated the crash sequence did not make contact with the other vehicles and continued northbound from the area,\u201d Rodriguez said.<\/p>\n

\"\"\"\"<\/a>Parts of a Mercedes-Benz sedan were removed by firefighters to free a driver trapped in his car after it was hit by a dump truck and ended up against a tree on Route 83 in front of The Home Depot in Round Lake Beach Friday morning. | Photo: Woo-Sung Shim \/ Lake and McHenry County Scanner<\/p>\n

\u201cOfficers are working to identify that vehicle and obtain additional information as part of the ongoing investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n

The crash remains under investigation by the Round Lake Beach Police Department.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Firefighters extricate a driver trapped after their Mercedes-Benz sedan was hit by a dump truck and ended up…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":61709,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20951],"tags":[47520,47521,47522,3622,47523,47524,47525],"class_list":["post-61708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mercedes-benz","tag-crash-with-entrapment","tag-extrication","tag-greater-round-lake-fire-protection-district","tag-mercedes-benz","tag-round-lake-beach","tag-round-lake-beach-police-department","tag-route-83"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61708\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}