Five people were transported to the hospital, one of which was critically injured, following a multiple-vehicle crash on Route 173 east of Route 45 in unincorporated Antioch Thursday evening. | Photo: Woo-Sung Shim / Lake and McHenry County Scanner

A woman suffered critical, life-threatening injuries and was flown to the hospital after a five-vehicle crash near Antioch that sent several others to the hospital Thursday evening.

The Lake County Sheriff’s Office and Antioch Fire Protection District responded around 6:05 p.m. Thursday to the area of Route 173 east of Route 45 in unincorporated Antioch for a multiple-vehicle crash with injuries.

Lake County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Chief Christopher Covelli said sheriff’s deputies arrived and located five vehicles involved.

Five people were transported to the hospital, one of which was critically injured, following a multiple-vehicle crash on Route 173 east of Route 45 in unincorporated Antioch Thursday evening. | Photo: Remi Merrill

A preliminary investigation shows a Ford F-550, hauling an excavator, was traveling westbound on Route 173 approaching Route 45.

The driver of the Ford, a 52-year-old Waukegan man, failed to slow down for traffic stopped at the red light. Covelli said it is unknown yet why he did not slow down.

The front of the Ford struck the back of a Nissan Versa, driven by a 23-year-old Savoy man.

 

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Covelli said the Nissan then struck a stopped Volkswagen Atlas, driven by a 47-year-old Twin Lakes, Wisconsin man.

Five people were transported to the hospital, one of which was critically injured, following a multiple-vehicle crash on Route 173 east of Route 45 in unincorporated Antioch Thursday evening. | Photo: Woo-Sung Shim / Lake and McHenry County Scanner

The Volkswagen was pushed into a Chevrolet Silverado, driven by a 39-year-old Woodstock man.

Covelli said the force and momentum of the Ford caused the Nissan to sideswipe a stopped Kia K5, driven by a 60-year-old Antioch man.

The driver of the Nissan was transported to Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville with non-life-threatening injuries.

 

A front-seat passenger in the Nissan, a 25-year-old Champaign man, was transported to Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville with non-life-threatening injuries.

Five people were transported to the hospital, one of which was critically injured, following a multiple-vehicle crash on Route 173 east of Route 45 in unincorporated Antioch Thursday evening. | Photo: Woo-Sung Shim / Lake and McHenry County Scanner

Antioch Fire Protection District Battalion Chief Joseph DuShane said a LifeNet helicopter, based out of McHenry, landed at the scene on Route 173.

A rear-seat passenger in the Nissan, a 24-year-old Champaign woman, was transported by the medical helicopter to Advocate Condell Medical Center with critical, life-threatening injuries, Covelli said.

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The driver of the Volkswagen was transported to Froedtert Pleasant Prairie Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Five people were transported to the hospital, one of which was critically injured, following a multiple-vehicle crash on Route 173 east of Route 45 in unincorporated Antioch Thursday evening. | Photo: Remi Merrill

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

The drivers of the Chevrolet and Kia were uninjured, Covelli said.

Route 173 just east of Route 45 was shut down for several hours during a crash investigation.

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