Pickup truck jackknifes, SUV overturns near Marengo

A pickup trick jackknifed and an SUV has overturned into a ditch near Marengo, fire officials reported.The Marengo Fire Rescue Districts responded to a crash at the intersection of Vermont and Collins roads near Marengo at 4:48 p.m. Oct. 28, Marengo Fire Rescue Districts Public Information Officer Alex Vucha said.Firefighters found “a large SUV had overturned into a roadside ditch and came to rest on its roof, while a pickup truck towing a dump trailer had jackknifed nearby,” Vucha said in a news release.Emergency personnel helped an elderly woman driving the overturned SUV out of the vehicle. Paramedics evaluated her at the scene but she declined further treatment and to be taken to the hospital. The pickup truck driver wasn’t injured, Vucha said.Traffic was temporarily shut down at the intersection while crews worked and the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the circumstances surrounding the crash, Vucha said.