A two-vehicle crash near Green Bay Road and Johns Manville Avenue in unincorporated Waukegan left one person dead and three others hurt Thursday morning. | Photo Submitted to Lake and McHenry County Scanner

The coroner’s office has released the identity of a 44-year-old woman who died after a vehicle crossed over into oncoming lanes of traffic and hit the vehicle she was in near Waukegan Thursday morning.

An autopsy showed that Ambrocia Romero, 44, of Waukegan, died as a result of multiple blunt force injuries from a vehicle crash, according to Lake County Chief Deputy Coroner Steve Newton.

The Lake County Sheriff’s Office, Waukegan Fire Department and Gurnee Fire Department responded around 5:15 a.m. Thursday to the area of Green Bay Road and Johns Manville Avenue in unincorporated Waukegan for a vehicle crash with injuries.

Lake County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Chief Christopher Covelli said sheriff’s deputies arrived and located two vehicles with extensive damage.

A preliminary investigation shows a Ford F-150 pickup truck, driven by a 43-year-old Streamwood man, was traveling southbound on Green Bay Road in the area of Johns Manville Avenue.

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The Ford crossed the double yellow median markings in the center of the road and drove into the northbound lanes of traffic, Covelli said.

A two-vehicle crash near Green Bay Road and Johns Manville Avenue in unincorporated Waukegan left one person dead and three others hurt Thursday morning. | Photo Submitted to Lake and McHenry County Scanner

The Ford struck a northbound Toyota Camry head-on, driven by a 58-year-old Waukegan woman.

Romero, who was a front-seat passenger in the Toyota, was killed in the crash.

The driver and a third occupant in the Toyota, whose identities are also pending, were transported by ambulance to Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville with non-life-threatening injuries.

The driver of the Ford was also transported to Advocate Condell Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries.

Covelli said that alcohol does appear to be a factor in the crash.

The crash remains under investigation by the Lake County Sheriff’s Office Technical Crash Investigations Unit and the Lake County Coroner’s Office.