A press release from the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office:
Fatal Traffic Crash / Aggravated DUI
A 29-year-old Rockford woman is dead following a single-vehicle crash in the 17600 block of Kishwaukee Valley Road, in unincorporated Seneca Township.
Near the big curve on Kishwaukee Valley Road.
On February 25, 2018, at 7:35 p.m., the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office, Marengo Rescue Squad, Marengo Fire Department, Woodstock Fire Department, and Harvard Fire Department responded to a single-vehicle crash in the 17600 block of Kishwaukee Valley Road involving a 2012 Hyundai
Veloster.
Preliminary investigation indicates that the Hyundai was traveling westbound on Kishwaukee Valley Road when it left the roadway at Mckinstry Road and struck a tree.
The front passenger, a 29-year old female, was entrapped inside of the vehicle and was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver, a 30-year-old male, was transported to Centegra Hospital – Huntley for non-life threatening injuries.
He was later released and taken to the McHenry County Correctional Facility.
Seatbelts were worn at the time of the crash and there was front airbag deployment.
Alcohol is believed to be a factor in the crash.
The driver was charged with failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident, DUI alcohol, and aggravated DUI involving death.
The investigation is ongoing by the McHenry County Coroner’s Office and the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office Major Crash Investigation Unit.
- Arrested: Jose Loredo, Male, age 30, Rockford, IL
- Deceased: Female, 29, Rockford, IL
- Vehicle: 2012 Hyundai Veloster
- Court Date: Feb. 28, 2018 at 9:00 a.m.
- Bond: $80,000
“the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office, Marengo Rescue Squad, Marengo Fire Department, Woodstock Fire Department, and Harvard Fire Department”
And we wonder why Firemen in Illinois are the highest paid in the country?
This is out of control!! Forget about the Townships, concentrate on the Fire Districts and how they operate!! I recently saw a hook and ladder truck respond to a an ambulance call!
The paramedics were probably out on a run and the only available
unit to respond was an engine.
FD personnel are cross trained to handle those situations for just that purpose.
Pretty sure many departments dispatch an engine to ambulance calls.
As long as taxpayers keep overlooking the irresponsible behavior of first responders with this overuse of taxpayer owned assets, you will keep seeing increases in your property taxes to fund that behavior.
Assuming “jaws of life” etc.. are on engine, but not sure.
Looks like the work done be MADD needs to continue.
One can only marvel at the irony (and stupidity) of “out of towner.” Should he be unfortunate enough to require the services of EMS or the fire department, perhaps he will wake up.
AFAIK, all the local departments dispatch an engine along with the ambulance as they never know what they will encounter at the scene. Two EMTs/Paramedics to the rescue vehicle and if extrication is required, a couple of extra bodies needed for moving a 250lb patient off the floor and down a flight or two of stairs, etc. Then, too, as CP opines, perhaps the extrication equipment is on the engine.
Having the extra manpower also increases their exposure to “real world” problems which, apparently, “out of it” is unaware of. If they weren’t there to assist, they’d probably be sitting around the fire station “wasting time” in your estimation, eh?
Very few service calls are as time-sensitive as fires and rescue calls. In these situations, it is far, far better to have too much help on hand and not need it, than to have not enough and be forced to wait 10-15 minutes more for it to arrive.
Never underestimate the extent of pro-life taxpayers’ obsession with lowering property taxes…stay tuned…tic, tock, tic, tock…
In the country, it’s better to have the equipment and manpower. Response time is longer, the callers may not provide accurate location or information and this particular area is at or near 2 jurisdictional borders between Marengo and Woodstock. There may have been auto-aid in the dispatch as well. I don’t know about you, but if I were in a crash or having an emergency of some sort out in the country, I would be grateful for this type of response.
Is he a citizen or an Illegal Alien?
You know on which side I’m betting.