An 18-year-old man is in critical condition after crashing into a pole and a police car at Bartlett Road and Old Bartlett Road in Barrington Hills Tuesday evening. | Photo: Nick Rusin
By Sam Borcia | Lake & McHenry County Scanner
A motorcyclist is in critical condition after crashing into a police squad reportedly at a high rate of speed, leaving a police officer injured, in Barrington Hills Tuesday evening.
A Barrington Hills police officer was on duty around 11:33 p.m. Tuesday when his squad was involved in a crash with a motorcycle.
Barrington Hills Police Department Media Relations Officer William Walsh said the incident happened at Bartlett Road and Old Bartlett Road in Barrington Hills.
An 18-year-old man is in critical condition after crashing into a pole and a police car at Bartlett Road and Old Bartlett Road in Barrington Hills Tuesday evening. | Photo: Nick Rusin
The Barrington-Countryside Fire Protection District, Barrington Fire Department and Hoffman Estates Fire Department responded to the scene.
A preliminary investigation showed a 2013 Suzuki motorcycle was traveling northbound on Bartlett Road.
The Suzuki failed to negotiate the curve, struck a utility pole and then collided with the marked police squad, Walsh said.
An 18-year-old man is in critical condition after crashing into a pole and a police car at Bartlett Road and Old Bartlett Road in Barrington Hills Tuesday evening. | Photo: Nick Rusin
The squad had been stopped at the time at the stop sign on Old Bartlett Road at the intersection with Bartlett Road.
An initial report indicated the officer was trapped in his patrol vehicle.
Walsh said the officer was transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
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