Multiple people, including children, hospitalized after head-on crash in Elgin

ELGIN, Ill. - Eight people were hospitalized, including children, after a traffic crash Wednesday afternoon in suburban Elgin.

Around 4 p.m., Elgin police responded to the intersection of McLean Blvd. and Bowes Rd. for a report of a two-vehicle head-on crash.

According to police, six people were in one vehicle and two were in the other.

All eight people were taken to area hospitals with minor, non-life-threatening injuries, police said.

The circumstances of the crash were not immediately released.

The investigation is ongoing.