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A Coal City man was critically injured when his SUV rolled over early Thursday.
Shortly after 2 a.m. police and firefighters were called to Manteno Road and Route 102 where a silver 2001 Chevrolet Blazer had rolled over on the driver’s side.
Will County Sheriff’s traffic investigators reported the 23-year-old driver was southbound on Manteno Road when “he failed to negotiate a curve ... drove into the ditch on the right side, rolled the vehicle and was ejected.”
The driver suffered a broken neck, broken back and head trauma.
A teenage bicyclist had to be airlifted to a northwest suburban hospital after she was hit by a car in Crystal Lake Wednesday evening.
The 17-year-old girl was riding a bicycle southbound on Westport Ridge at its intersection with Ackman Road when she was struck by a 2006 Lexus driven by a 20-year-old Lakewood woman about 5:50 p.m., according to a statement from Crystal Lake police Cmdr. Dan Dzewior.
The girl was ejected to the pavement from her bike, which was run over by the car, Dzewior said.