<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3RCUml_0wB3C0sj00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3RCUml_0wB3C0sj00" width="1080" height="656" ></figure><p>A Life Flight helicopter landed near the scene of a crash Thursday afternoon in Ottawa.</p><p>9-1-1 calls starting coming in around 1 o'clock for a person lying face down in the median after being ejected during a crash on Interstate 80 just west of the Route 71 exit in Ottawa. A landing zone was set up near the injured patient. The person was flown to OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria.</p><p>The Illinois State Police says the bad crash involved just the one vehicle. Westbound lanes of I-80 were closed near the crash scene for about an hour.</p><p>You'll hear more details as they become available.</p></div></body>

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I-80 Crash In Ottawa Leads To Patient Being Life Flighted

A Life Flight helicopter landed near the scene of a crash Thursday afternoon in Ottawa. 9-1-1 calls starting coming in around 1 o'clock for a person lying face down in the median after being ejected during a crash on Interstate 80 just west of the Route 71 exit in Ottawa. A landing zone was set up near the injured patient. The person was flown to OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria.