Crime & Safety
2 Rescued From Partially Submerged Car In Mundelein
Firefighters pulled two occupants from a vehicle that drove into a culvert and stream amid heavy rainfall Sunday.
MUNDELEIN, IL — Two people were rescued after their Nissan sedan drove into a drainage culvert and stream at Courtland Commons Park in Mundelein Sunday afternoon, fire officials said.
Mundelein police and fire crews responded around 12:57 p.m. to the area near East Courtland Street and Midland Avenue, where the car was found partially submerged beneath a pedestrian overpass, according to Lake & McHenry County Scanner. Firefighters rescued both occupants, and neither required hospitalization, though one firefighter was taken to a hospital as a precaution.
The crash occurred amid heavy rainfall and minor flash flooding, and police are investigating how the vehicle ended up in the water.
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