A 67-year-old man went from victim to DUI suspect in a water-filled rescue effort on the Edens expressway Monday night.
A car traveling northbound collided with another car near Willow Road around 11:30 p.m., said Assistant Northfield Fire Chief Tom Burke.
One car flipped over and landed in a watery ditch. Another driver saw the accident and jumped into action.
"Basically, I was driving. Then, I saw something going on, so I stopped, and I pulled over to (the) curb, said eyewitness Victor Voskovsky.
"The car was flipped, so I ran into the water really quick, and the door was closed on the left side because it was underwater in the mud. So I ran around and I opened it. The guy was basically underwater."
A Wilmette police officer arrived on scene and pulled the driver out of his car, Illinois State Police District Chicago Master Sergeant Joe Stangl told the Sun-Times.
The officer and the eyewitness administered CPR to the man, Burke said.
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He was taken to Evanston Hospital in serious condition and later charged with DUI, Stangl said.
The Chicago Tribune identified the driver as a 67-year-old man.
The driver and passenger in the second vehicle declined treatment, Burke said.
