Monday, December 3, 2012
Tinley Park firefighters dug out two girls—one 11, the other 12—after mud and dirt in the hole they were playing in collapsed on top of them, village police reported. Read how the dad of one of the girls reacted when he heard about the accident.
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Monday, December 3, 2012
UPDATED (3:28 a.m. Monday, Dec. 3) Two girls were rescued Sunday from a newly dug home foundation they were playing in after mud from the walls loosened and buried them, Tinley Park Police report. Nicole Salwierak, 11, and Sarah Miranda, 12, were not seriously injured and were taken to area hospitals to be evaluated, said Nicole's father, Robert. READ: Teen with Down Syndrome Becomes Eagle Scout Years Before Most "It was a good ending to what could've been a tragedy," said Tinley Park Fire Department Battalion Chief Steve Klotz. The girls had been playing with other kids from the neighborhood in the excavation hole that was dug for a new home being built at 18307 White Oak Lane, Robert Salwierak said. The Salwieraks—Robert, his wife, …
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Tinley Park firefighters rescued two pit bulls who had inhaled smoke from a garage fire on Ethyl Avenue, Sun-Times Media reports.
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Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Fire crews rescued two pit bulls Wednesday from an afternoon fire that broke out in a garage on in the 9300 block of Ethyl Lane, according to a Sun-Times Media report. READ: Check Out the Sun-Times Media Story for Full Details No one was hurt, but the garage, a car inside and a nearby house were damaged, the report stated, adding that the fire was extinguished in 10 to 15 minutes. Firefighters used "snout-sized" oxygen masks the Tinley Park Fire Department bought 10 years ago to resuscitate the dogs, the report stated. Two Ways to Stay Connected to Tinley Park Patch:
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Saturday, November 3, 2012
Four Tinley Park Police officers were requested by New Jersey through a mutual aid program to assist with the relief effort after the devastating effects of Hurricane Sandy, said Mayor Ed Zabrocki.
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Saturday, November 3, 2012
The Tinley Park Police Department will be sending four officers to New Jersey to help with relief efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, said Mayor Ed Zabrocki on Friday night. The department received the request around 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2, through a nationwide mutual aid program the village participates in, the mayor said. As of Friday evening, details were still being worked out, including which four officers would be sent east to help law enforcement in the Garden State, Zabrocki said. Those individuals should be chosen by Saturday, Nov. 3, after Tinley Park Police Chief Steve Neubauer determines who is available for the assignment, which will probably run for about five days, Zabrocki added. READ: Check Out the Huffington Post …
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Friday, October 26, 2012
Tim Lash, an eighth-grader at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran School, beat out other Tinley Park students to win the Tinley Park Fire Department's fire prevention poster contest. Part of his award was a ride to school on a fire engine Thursday.
There is a saying that lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place. For Trinity student Tim Lash of Oak Forest, his art skills are on fire. Lash beat out other eighth-graders to win the annual Tinley Park Fire Department poster contest a second consecutive time. On Thursday morning, Mary and Ken Lash watched as their son, Tim arrived at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran School on a fire truck. They stood and watched him at the same place last year. "It's pretty exciting that he can do it twice" said Ken Lash. As the fire engine pulled to the west side of the school, his classmates, teachers and Principal Steve Stec applauded and greeted him as he hopped out of the fire truck. As everyone wanted to take a picture, Tinley Park Public …
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Wednesday, October 24, 2012
A student at Helen Keller Elementary School was accidentally stuck between the bars of piece of playground equipment Wednesday. But crews were able to free him quickly and without injury.
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Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Recess with school kids is fun, but sometimes a jungle gym just needs to know when to let go. Unfortunately, a piece of playground equipment at Helen Keller Elementary School hadn't learned that lesson Wednesday, Oct. 24, after a student became stuck in its bars this morning, a Tinley Park Fire Department official said. ADOPT ME! This Week's Pet: A Fun, Colorful Cat Firefighters were called to the school around 11:55 a.m. to cut out the boy whose arm was caught in the equipment, said Battalion Chief Steve Klotz, adding he wasn't sure how the boy, who was uninjured, became stuck. Principal Joann Green told Sun-Times Media that staff tried to use soap to slide out the arm, which had swelled up, but were unsuccessful. That's when 911 was …
Friday, October 19, 2012
David Van Heel, 50, died early Friday, the county medical examiner's office reports, days after being involved in a four-vehicle accident. An autopsy Saturday listed the cause of death as heart problems unrelated to the crash, Sun-Times Media reports.
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Friday, October 19, 2012
UPDATED: 6:18 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 21 An Oak Forest man died Friday morning, days after being involved in a four-vehicle crash at the intersection of 159th Street and Oak Park Avenue in Tinley Park, the county medical examiner's office reports. David Van Heel, 50, of the 15100 block of Spruce Lane in Oak Forest, was pronounced dead at Palos Community Hospital early Friday, Oct. 19, the Cook County medical examiner's office confirmed. His body also had been released to the family, a representative from the agency said. READ: 5 Hurt in Series of Morning Car Crashes An autopsy performed Saturday determined Van Heel died of a myocardial infarction—or heart attack—with heart disease listed as a secondary cause, according to a Sun-Times Media …
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
A four-vehicle accident at 159th Street and Oak Park Avenue injured three people Monday, including a man who was initially thought dead but revived at the hospital. Two other people were hurt in an two-car crash at 183rd Street and Harlem Avenue.
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Tuesday, October 16, 2012
UPDATED: 2:41 p.m. Monday, Oct. 15 Three people were injured Monday morning after a four-vehicle traffic accident at the intersection of 159th Street and Oak Park Avenue, including a man who was initially thought dead but later resuscitated at the hospital, a Tinley Park Police Department official said. That crash was one of a series of accidents in the Tinley Park area that also included a two-vehicle incident at the intersection of 183rd Street and Harlem Avenue, which injured two people, said Tinley Park Police Cmdr. Pat McCain. In both cases, officials reports had not been filed, and full details were still not available, McCain added. The man, who originally had been reported as a fatality, was still being treated at an area hospital…
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Traffic is blocked in all directions at the intersection following an accident between a truck and a car.
A flatbed truck slammed into the side of a car at the intersection of 191st Street and Harlem Avenue around 4:30 p.m. Thursday. The car was in the left turn lane going south on Harlem when the truck in the same turn lane struck the driver’s side of the car. Traffic is blocked in all directions except for west on 191st Street. Backups are considerable going south on Harlem and east on 191st Street. Rescue crews on the scene used extrication tools to remove the driver from the damaged car and onto a stretcher. The Tinley Park Fire Department and Trace Ambulance responded to the accident. A uniformed woman is directing traffic at the intersection after checking on the drivers’ conditions. Return to Patch later for further updates. Check Out …
Monday, September 24, 2012
Members of the Tinley Park police and fire departments, as well as other village emergency response agencies, participated Sunday in a training exercise that simulated a hazardous material spill and a shooting.
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Monday, September 24, 2012
The call went out a little after 9 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 23, over the Tinley Park emergency radios. A stolen white tractor-trailer traveling at a high rate of speed had exited I-80 at Harlem Avenue and crashed when it reached Tiger Lane, spilling its drums of hazardous materials and creating a hazardous smoke cloud. A few minutes later, the dispatcher said calls had been received that an armed men had fled the wrecked vehicle, shooting and wounding people. A few more minutes, after a Tinley Park Police arrived on the scene, word goes out on the radios: "Officer down! Officer down!" READ: District 228 Students Tackle Firefighters Combat Challenge Course Sunday's situation, which played out as a worst-case scenario, was just a test for Tinley …
Friday, September 14, 2012
Tinley Park firefighters put out a blaze early Thursday morning that started on the covered, attached deck of a house in the 17200 block of 71st Court.
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Friday, September 14, 2012
Firefighters from the Tinley Park Fire Department put out a house deck fire early Thursday morning that was caused by a cooking device, Chief Ken Dunn said. No one was injured, and most of damage was confined to the deck and the device, Dunn said. Crews responded to a call at 3:48 a.m. about a fire in the back of a house in the 17200 block of 71st Court, Dunn said. Upon arrival, firefighters saw the blaze was on the covered deck, which was attached to the house, and were able to extinguish it quickly, he added. The fire appeared to have started because combustible materials were too close to the cooking device, which appeared to be built into the deck, Dunn said. Two Ways to Stay Connected to Tinley Park Patch:
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