Head-on crash and a pedestrian hit in a secondary crash at Dundee Road and Kennedy Drive in Palatine

10:08 PM (FRI JUL 11 2025) … Palatine firefighters and paramedics working at the scene of a head-on crash with a possible secondary collision, involving a pedestrian hit on Dundee Road just west of Route 53. Four ambulances assigned to the scene. Possibly a third vehicle involved with a collision with a pedestrian.

Second ambulance

A82 reports three vehicles with heavy damage. Third ambulance request by 10:12 PM.

Upgraded to entrapment for a pedestrian under a vehicle by 10:13 PM.

Fourth ambulance requested by 10:19 PM -- Arlington Heights A4 assigned.

Patient extricated by 10:20 PM.

Traffic is light, but Dundee Road was closed in both directions.

One patient transported to Level 1 Trauma Center Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge.