A man was killed when he was struck by a vehicle in west suburban Maywood Wednesday afternoon, according to authorities.
The man was killed when he was struck by a vehicle that rolled over and caught fire about 3:35 p.m. at Ninth Avenue and Roosevelt Road, according to Craig Bronaugh, chief of the Maywood Fire Department. Investigators were still trying to determine Wednesday evening if he was struck before or after the vehicle rolled over and crashed.
The driver of the vehicle, a woman whose exact age was unknown, was believed to be driving west on Roosevelt Road when her vehicle rolled over and caught fire, Bronaugh said. Witnesses at the scene did not see the crash take place and the circumstances are still under investigation.
Firefighters extinguished the flames and had to extricate the woman from the vehicle, Bronaugh said. She was taken to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood with burns to her legs. Her condition was not immediately known.