A man in his 20s died after he was critically injured when he was struck by a vehicle that fled the scene near Island Lake Friday evening.
The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office and Wauconda Fire Protection District responded around 10:50 p.m. Friday to the 4300 block of Roberts Road in unincorporated Island Lake for a report of a vehicle crash with injuries.
911 callers reported a male had been struck by a vehicle that fled the scene.
The male victim was not conscious and not breathing and CPR was started on him, according to fire department radio traffic.
Paramedics arrived and confirmed the victim was unresponsive.
He was transported by ambulance to Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital in Barrington.
The Lake County Coroner’s Office said the man, a 24-year-old, was pronounced dead in the emergency room after arriving.
The Island Lake Police Department and McHenry County Sheriff’s Office began searching for the hit-and-run vehicle.
Officers stopped a possible suspect in the parking lot of Island Lake Liquors at Route 176 and Roberts Road but the vehicle was later not believed to be involved.
The Lake County Coroner’s Office has scheduled an autopsy on the victim for Monday.
The man’s identity is being withheld until after the autopsy has been completed.
Roberts Road was shut down for several hours while investigators worked at the scene.
The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the incident but has not released information yet regarding whether a suspect is in custody or the circumstances surrounding the crash.