Driver seriously injured in T-bone style crash with semi in Woodstock

A driver suffered serious injuries in a T-bone crash with a semitruck Thursday afternoon on Route 120 in Woodstock, officials report.

The Woodstock Fire/Rescue District responded to a call at 12:03 p.m. Thursday at the intersection of Route 120 and North Queen Anne Road for a reported car crash with entrapment. First responders arrived “within minutes” to a “T-bone style collision involving a semitruck and a sedan,” district Public Information Officer Alex Vucha said in a news release.

The crash trapped the adult male driver of the sedan inside, and he was freed within 10 minutes. The seriously injured driver was taken to a helipad at Northwestern Medicine Woodstock Hospital and then flown to a Level 1 trauma center, Vucha said in the release.

The driver of the semitruck, who was hauling machinery, declined medical treatment at the scene and the truck sustained minor damage, Vucha said.

The Woodstock Police Department is investigating the crash, Vucha said in the release.