Manhattan Township, IL – A 79-year-old man was hospitalized following a rollover crash Thursday evening in Manhattan Township, according to law enforcement.
According to the Will County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded around 5:05 p.m. Thursday to a single-vehicle rollover on Schoolhouse Road, about half a mile north of Baker Road. Authorities say the green Jeep Renegade was found overturned in a roadside ditch with the driver trapped inside.
Emergency responders from Manhattan and New Lenox fire departments assisted in extricating the man, who was the sole occupant of the vehicle. He was then transported to a nearby hospital for medical treatment. His condition was not immediately released.
Preliminary findings indicate the Jeep had been traveling southbound on Schoolhouse Road when it veered into the northbound lane, left the roadway, hit a culvert, and overturned.
During the incident, a Chrysler minivan heading northbound on Schoolhouse Road swerved to avoid the crash and exited the roadway, though no injuries or damages were reported in that vehicle, deputies said.
The Will County Sheriff’s Office expressed gratitude to local fire departments for their “swift and professional response.” The crash remains under investigation by the agency’s Traffic Division.
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