(HOFFMAN ESTATES) Seven people were taken to hospitals when a limousine hit a concrete barrier and rolled onto its roof Friday morning on the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway near northwest suburban Hoffman Estates.
The single-vehicle crash occurred about 7:10 a.m. on eastbound I-90 near Mile Post 55 at Hoffman Estates, according to Illinois State Police.
The white 1998 Lincoln Town Car limousine was in the far left lane when the driver was apparently blinded by the sun, according to ISP.
“The driver was unable to see the traffic lane pattern and struck the end of the jay wall, which caused the limousine to roll over,” a statement from police said.
Two passengers were taken to Sherman Hospital in Elgin with what police called “life-threatening” injuries. The driver and four other passengers were taken to Sherman and St. Alexis hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries.
The two far left lanes on I-90 eastbound will remain shut down for the next couple hours, ISP said, but traffic can still get by in the far right lane.
All of those injured were Wisconsin residents: the 20-year-old male driver from Janesville; a 53-year-0ld man and 59-year-old woman from Monona; a 61-year-old woman and 64-year-old man from Verona; and two men, ages 53 and 45, from Fitchburg.







