A 37-year-old driver of a 2025 Tesla Model Y was hospitalized following a medical emergency that caused a crash and fire on Route 59 in Naperville, Illinois. An off-duty police officer rescued the driver from the burning vehicle, and he sustained minor burns with non-life-threatening injuries. No other injuries were reported in the incident.
On Friday evening, a medical emergency struck the 37-year-old driver of a 2025 Tesla Model Y as he traveled southbound on Route 59 near Cantore Road in suburban Naperville. According to the Naperville Police Department, the vehicle sideswiped another car before veering off the road, striking a tree, and erupting into flames.
An off-duty Naperville police officer witnessed the crash and quickly intervened, pulling the driver from the wreckage. The man suffered minor burns and was transported to a local hospital for treatment of injuries that were not life-threatening. Firefighters responded to extinguish the blaze, and aerial footage from Sky Fox captured the Tesla's severe damage at the scene later that afternoon.
Police confirmed that the other vehicle involved sustained no reported injuries, and the incident appears isolated to the driver's medical issue. The event underscores the rapid response by local authorities in a high-risk situation on a busy roadway.