Two injured in late night crash near Bensenville

Two people were taken to hospitals, including one with life-threatening injuries, following a late Tuesday night crash near Bensenville.

Bensenville Fire Protection District officials said firefighters extricated the unconscious driver of a car that collided with a semitrailer truck in the southbound lanes of York Road about 11:30 p.m.

The unidentified man was then taken to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood with life-threatening injuries, authorities said.

Bensenville Fire Chief Doug Halverson said a passenger in the car was able to exit the vehicle under his own powers and was eventually taken to a nearby hospital by another department.

The conditions of the two men are unknown.

Halverson said the semitrailer truck was in an inside lane and the car was in an adjacent outer lane when the collision occurred near the intersection of York Road and Grand Avenue. Police have not responded to requests for details about the crash.