1 driver seriously injured in 3-vehicle crash in Joliet

Three vehicles, including a semitrailer, were damaged in a crash early Friday morning on Illinois Route 53 in Joliet, according to Joliet police.The driver of one of the vehicles was seriously injured, police said.At 2:14 a.m. Friday, officers responded to an area at Illinois Route 53, also known as South Chicago Street, and Schweitzer Road for a report of a crash with injuries, according to a statement from Joliet Police Sgt. Dwayne English.The preliminary investigation indicated a 22-year-old man was driving a Pontiac G8 sedan south on Illinois Route 53 when the vehicle struck the rear driver’s side of a semitrailer, English said. The semitrailer was driven by a 53-year-old man who had turned south onto Illinois Route 53 from a private drive, English said. An additional vehicle was damaged when it struck debris from the crash, English said.The driver of the Pontiac suffered serious injuries and he was taken to Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox, English said.The other two drivers wer