Rollover Crash on Dan Ryan Expy., 5 a.m., 5/2/08

[h0llyw0odwh0r3]

Nice video, love those IDOT trucks. 

[MegaAndrewn]

i know i have been to the windy city and those are very loud trucks byt i love them and i love the windy city best pizza in the world just saying

[MegaAndrewn]

can some one tell me why these tow trucks have red and blue light bars with sirens in them are they part of the fire depratment please tell me

[artistmac]

@MegaAndrewn They're run by the Illinois Dept of Transportation. Unofficially, they're known as the Minutemen. Why the sirens? Some Chicago drivers still haven't gotten the memo that they're supposed to pull to the side of the road so emergency vehicles can get by, and sometimes, they need a little audible reminder. Sometimes, a loud one;)

[MultiMonster69]

did you ever watch wrecked on speed

[artistmac]

@MultiMonster69 Never missed an episode. In fact, when my drive belt broke on I-55 a couple of months ago, an O'Hare truck stopped and offered to tow me while I was waiting for the AAA truck to come. I can see why they're successful. They don't pass up an opportunity.

[MultiMonster69]

@artistmac ha lucky i loved that show and all there trucks. my fav were the mdium duty wreckers built on an international truck chassis

[8885678]

lol, look at firetruck, you see green and red light, look like christmas parade, lol

[radiocontrolpimper]

do those tow trucks have police sirens?

[Jabbajawz4life]

Yes!

[radiocontrolpimper]

that pretty cool. i didn't know tow trucks could have sirens

[etp095]

special tow trucks,blue and red lights rotating lights too.

[etp095]

yes they all do.

[artistmac]

Southbound. If there's this many accidents now, Memorial Day, the 4th and Labor Day are going to be a circus out there. Drowsy drunks yapping on cell phones with the stereo thumping. What a recipe;-)

[MartySchrader]

Remind me to tell you about the "event" I saw on the Ikenhower one late night involving two (2) vehicles flipped over. No serious injuries, but a car and a pickup truck both pretty badly mangled. Happened seconds before I got there. The car was still spinning on its roof when I came around the bend from the Dirty Dan ramp to westbound Ike.

[vidular]

Nice catch on video. It happens all too often, why it is so important to learn defensive driving to best avoid those who lose control.

[artistmac]

This is a notorious curve in the Chicago expressway system. Not just a curve, but an incline, and access ramps between the express and local lanes. Way too much going on in a very short distance, and, as you say, too many people not concentrating on their driving. (Drivers, get off those cell phones!) I hear the screeching tires from near misses constantly.

[jovanvictoria]

ah the dan ryan i remember it its always busy and sometimes not busy great job artistmac