Man flown to hospital after Harvard-area crash

A man was flown to a Rockford hospital Saturday morning after a crash near Harvard, Harvard Fire Protection District Public Information Officer Alex Vucha said.

The Harvard Fire Protection District was called to the intersection of Route 23 and Streit Road about 11 a.m. for a report of a car colliding with a utility pole, Vucha said.

Paramedics found a heavily damaged minivan and utility pole when they arrived on the scene. The man who was driving the minivan had been removed from the car before paramedics arrived and was lying on the ground nearby, Vucha said. The minivan was the only car involved in the crash.

Paramedics assessed the man and called for assistance from Mercyhealth’s medical helicopter, REACT, and a MD-1 emergency physician.

The man was flown in critical condition to Javon Bea Hospital-Riverside in Rockford, and the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the crash, Vucha said.