Off-duty Chicago officer ejected in fatal rollover crash while fleeing police
By FOX 32 Digital Staff
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ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. - Police say an off-duty Chicago police officer was killed Monday morning when the SUV he was driving left a suburban Arlington Heights roadway, became airborne and crashed.
Arlington Heights police responded to the crash about 1 a.m. in the 600 block of South Reuter, according to a statement.
A preliminary investigation determined that the black 2021 Toyota 4Runner was traveling at a high-rate of speed, police say. An on-duty Rolling Meadows officer in a marked vehicle attempted to stop the SUV before it entered Arlington Heights, but the vehicle fled on northbound Wilke Road from Algonquin Road.