A woman is dead and a man is in critical condition after their motorcycle slammed into a stopped car and rolled over on Route 12 near Wauconda Tuesday afternoon.
The Wauconda Fire District and Lake County Sheriff’s Office responded around 1 p.m. Tuesday to the intersection of Route 12 and Lake Shore Drive in unincorporated Wauconda for a vehicle crash with injuries.
Sheriff’s deputies arrived and located two people with critical injuries, according to Lake County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Chief Christopher Covelli.
A preliminary investigation shows a Ford Escort, driven by a 65-year-old Downers Grove woman, was stopped on Route 12.
The Ford was in the inside southbound lane due to a mechanical issue, Covelli said.
A Harley-Davidson Tri Glide Ultra Classic, driven by a 69-year-old Northbrook man, was traveling southbound in the inside lane of Route 12.
The Harley-Davidson struck the Ford, causing the motorcycle to roll over several times.
The driver and his passenger, a 63-year-old Northbrook woman, were ejected from the motorcycle, Covelli said.
McHenry resident Kimberly Peil-Macdonald told Lake and McHenry County Scanner in an interview that she came upon the crash as she was leaving work.
Peil-Macdonald, along with a second bystander, used their vehicles to block the southbound lanes.
Peil-Macdonald, who is a nurse and used to work in fire/rescue, ran up to the scene with a trauma bag from her. She began providing aid to the male victim and was assisted by an off-duty police officer.
Bystanders realized there was a second victim who had been thrown into the weeds along a guardrail.
The female victim had major head trauma and was not breathing.
Peil-Macdonald began performing CPR for approximately 10 minutes until paramedics arrived and took over care.
Peil-Macdonald said neither of the two victims, who were husband and wife, appeared to have been wearing helmets at the time of the crash.
The 63-year-old passenger of the Harley-Davidson was transported to Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville where she was pronounced dead, Covelli said.
The driver of the Harley-Davidson was also transported to Advocate Condell Medical Center where he remains in critical condition.
The driver of the Ford and her passenger, a 67-year-old Naperville woman, were uninjured.
An autopsy is being scheduled by the Lake County Coroner’s Office, which is withholding the female victim’s identity until her family has been notified.
The crash remains under investigation by the Lake County Sheriff’s Office Technical Crash Investigations Unit.