PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria firefighters and paramedics were called around 9:35 p.m. Monday to the area of W. McClure and N. University for an accident with extrication.
Peoria Fire Battalion Chief Michael Hughes said crews arrived to find a two-vehicle crash with a passenger in one of the vehicles entrapped.
The vehicle had extensive front and passenger side damage.
Crews used the “Jaws of Life” and hydraulic cutters to remove the passenger side doors of the vehicle. The passenger was transported to a hospital with serious injuries.
A second passenger, found standing outside the vehicle, was treated at the scene, then also taken to a hospital.
Occupants of the second vehicle were treated on-scene, then released.
Peoria Police are investigating the cause of the accident.
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