A woman is in critical condition after one of her legs was severed while getting out of a car early Monday on Interstate 80 near Joliet, Illinois State Police said.
A silver Lincoln Town Car eastbound on Interstate 80 slid on a patch of ice and struck a guardrail near Center Street in Joliet, a state police spokesman said.
A Mercury Sable then apparently slid on the same patch of ice and struck the Lincoln as a woman passenger was exiting the car.
The woman’s injuries included a severed right leg, fractured right arm and left leg, a lacerated spleen and punctured lung, state police said.
She was taken to Provena St. Joseph Medical Center in Joliet, then transferred to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, state police said.
No information was reported on the condition of the drivers of the either car.
All eastbound lanes were shut down between Larkin Avenue and Chicago Street in Joliet for about 90 minutes while emergency crews responded to the crash.
Distributed via Chicago Press Release Services