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No major injuries in Arlington Heights crash

A crash involving a car and semitrailer truck shut down the intersection of Algonquin and Arlington Heights roads in Arlington Heights for more than an hour Monday.

Arlington Heights police received a call at 12:53 p.m. of a crash involving a BMW 538 and Freightliner m2100. Both vehicles were westbound on Algonquin Road. The driver of the BMW was taken to the hospital with minor injuries and also issued a citation for failure to reduce speed to avoid accident, authorities said.

The intersection reopened at 2:20 p.m.

  A police officer enters the driver's side of a BMW sedan that had been wedged beneath a truck Monday at the intersection of westbound Algonquin Road at Arlington Heights Road in Arlington Heights. Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
  A tow truck driver prepares to attach a hook and cable to a BMW sedan that became wedged beneath a truck Monday at the intersection of westbound Algonquin Road at Arlington Heights Road in Arlington Heights. Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com