Accident at Harlem Irving Plaza: Person drives off the roof of a parking garage in a suburban shopping center

NORRIDGE, Ill. – A person drove off the roof of a parking garage at a suburban shopping center on Monday afternoon.

Norridge police responded to the Harlem Irving Plaza in the 4000 block of Octavia around 12:28 p.m. after the driver crashed through the guardrail of a parking garage.

According to Lt. Ron Schneider of the Norwood Park Fire Department landed the car upside down and it took crews about 20 to 30 minutes to free the driver.

The driver was then taken to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Authorities are asking residents and commuters to avoid the area for the time being.