SPRINGFIELD — A driver was hospitalized after a medical emergency led to a crash in Springfield on Wednesday.
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Springfield officers and medics responded just before 2 p.m. to a reported crash at S. Burnett Road and N. William Circle, according to a Springfield Police crash report.
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An initial investigation showed that a 53-year-old man drove a 2023 White Jeep Wrangler southbound on S. Burnett Road when he suffered a medical emergency.
It caused the SUV to veer left-of-center toward the southeast and across opposing lanes on S. Burnett Road.
The Jeep Wrangler jumped a curb and hit a utility pole, the crash report said.
Medics transported the driver to an area hospital’s intensive care unit (ICU).
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