An Elgin crash involving 8 cars and 13 people left 1 seriously injured near Route 20 and McLean Boulevard, the fire department said.
One person was seriously injured after an eight-car pile-up due to slick roads Thursday night in Elgin, fire officials said.
There was an initial crash near the intersection of Route 20 and McLean Boulevard about 6:30 p.m. involving four cars. But, while Elgin fire crews were on the scene, four more cars crashed.One person was taken to a local hospital in serious condition, but is expected to survive, fire officials said.A rain-snow mix fell across the Chicago area Thursday night, as temperatures hovered around freezing.Sun-Times Media contributed to this report.
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