Woman In Hospital After Flipping Car Over on Bypass 20
By: Alex de Leon
Updated: March 15, 2012
Rockford - A 35 year-old woman is lucky to be alive tonight after rolling her Jeep on the bypass.
Witnesses say the driver was trying to make an illegal u-turn at a high rate of speed when she lost control, rolling over four to five times. Rescue crews had to extricate the woman from her car. It happened around 1:15pm in the westbound lanes near the 11th Street exit.
The driver was taken to OSF St. Anthony Medical Center. She's expected to recover.
Witnesses say the driver was trying to make an illegal u-turn at a high rate of speed when she lost control, rolling over four to five times. Rescue crews had to extricate the woman from her car. It happened around 1:15pm in the westbound lanes near the 11th Street exit.
The driver was taken to OSF St. Anthony Medical Center. She's expected to recover.
