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Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Buffalo Grove Brothers Save Lives of Car Crash Victims

Ken and Daniel Hechtman pulled three people from the wreckage of a fiery Edens Expressway crash on April 21.

  Two brothers from Buffalo Grove are credited for saving the lives of victims in an Edens Expressway crash on Sunday, the Chicago Tribune reports. Ken and Daniel Hechtman were driving home from Skokie Sunday when they saw a semi-truck collide with another car, causing a fiery explosion. Daniel, 54, pulled a passenger out of the front of the semi-truck, while older brother Ken rescued a woman and a young girl trapped underneath the truck, the newspaper reports. The crash is still under investigation by the Illinois State Police. 

Thursday, February 7, 2013

Head-On Crash near Long Grove Sends 3 to Hospital

The victims suffered non-life threatening injuries, the Buffalo Grove Countryside reports.

  Officials had to remove three people from their vehicles after a head-on crash near Long Grove yesterday morning, the Buffalo Grove Countryside reports.   The crash happened at the interesection of OldMcHenry Road and Hillcrest Drive. The victims were taken to Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital in Barrington with non-life threatening injuries, the newspaper reports. 

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