Driver safe after rollover crash on I-90

The driver of a minivan who lost control of his vehicle on I-90, left the road and crashed through a fence on Sunday survived, apparently unscathed.

"Believe it or not, (the accident) was not (serious)," said Hoffman Estates fire Battalion Chief Richard Englund. "The car probably rolled over a few times and was off to the side of the highway. But when we got there, the patient - it was a single patient - he was already out of the vehicle.

"He was standing there, waiting for us."

The patient was transported to Northwest Community Hospital in good condition, Englund said.

As to what caused the accident, Englund said he has yet to receive that information.

Englund said the driver was headed eastbound at the 15-mile marker - about 1 mile east of Barrington Road - at about 9:30 a.m.

He said the driver went through the barrier fence, which is about 25 yards off the highway, then rolled over a few times.

"The seat belt probably saved his life," Englund said.