Three kids had been hospitalized after a driver having a medical emergency crashed by way of the wall of a church in Palos Park on Friday afternoon, in keeping with Palos Park police.
The driving force was heading eastbound on McCarthy Highway at 4:30 p.m. when police say he appeared to have a medical emergency and veered off 123rd Road onto 86th Avenue and into the parking zone of Transfiguration Church. The automobile crashed by way of the facet of the constructing.
Three kids had been taken to Christ Medical Middle in Oak Garden; two remained hospitalized as of early Saturday morning, police stated. The driving force, a 29-year-old Oak Forest man, was taken to Northwestern Medication Palos Hospital, the place he was handled for minor accidents.
Two Palos Park officers had been additionally hospitalized with lung points after inhaling constructing particles whereas responding to the injured kids, police stated; one officer was launched early Saturday morning. A church workers member was additionally hospitalized after struggling a medical emergency on the scene.
An investigation into the incident is ongoing.
“We noticed brave academics and folks working towards the issue relatively than away from it, we noticed individuals being action-oriented and neighborly, reaching out, being supportive, beneficiant and selfless,” a press release from Palos Park police stated. “On this chaotic occasion, we skilled the easiest of our buddies and neighbors.”
