Traffic & Transit
1 Hospitalized After 3-Car Crash On Route 34: Oswego Police
A 61-year-old Plainfield woman, whose car was the last to be hit, was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
![The three-car crash happened at about 9:08 a.m. Thursday near the intersection of Route 34 and Pearces Ford.](https://patch.com/img/cdn20/shutterstock/25052038/20240524/104536/styles/patch_image/public/shutterstock-1191163906-2___24103931562.jpg)
OSWEGO, IL — Three cars crashed Thursday morning near the intersection of Route 34 and Pearces Ford, sending one person to a hospital, according to Oswego police.
In the Friday morning blotter, officials reported the crash that happened around 9:08 a.m. near the Mill Race Creek subdivision. Spokesperson Cathy Nevara told Patch a 52-year-old man from Crystal Lake was driving a Ford southwest on Route 34, approaching the cars stopped at the light, when he collided with a Chevrolet, driven by a 30-year-old from Oswego.
In a chain reaction, the Oswego driver then hit the next car stopped, a Honda driven by a 61-year-old woman from Plainfield, Nevara said. The woman was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.
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The Crystal Lake man was cited with failure to reduce speed. The case was closed as of Friday, according to the blotter.
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