The coroner has released the identity of a Wauconda man who died after a rollover crash with a utility pole that left his truck destroyed near Antioch Monday afternoon.
An autopsy performed Tuesday showed Carlos Zamora, 37, of Wauconda, died as a result of blunt force injuries from a vehicle crash, according to Lake County Coroner Jennifer Banek.
The Lake County Sheriff’s Office and Antioch Fire Protection District responded around 1:10 p.m. Monday to the area of West Grass Lake Road and Broadway Avenue in unincorporated Antioch for a vehicle crash with injuries.
Deputies arrived and located a single-vehicle crash involving a heavily damaged GMC Sierra, according to Lake County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Chief Christopher Covelli.
A preliminary investigation shows the GMC, driven by Zamora, was traveling westbound on Grass Lake Road when it left the roadway for an unknown reason.
The GMC struck a utility pole and rolled over, Covelli said. The pole and wires were brought down.
Zamora had already been removed from the vehicle by bystanders when emergency crews arrived, Covelli said.
He suffered critical injuries and a LifeNet medical helicopter was requested.
Zamora was in too unstable of a condition to be flown when the helicopter arrived.
The medical helicopter crew assisted paramedics in the ambulance ground transporting him to Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville.
Covelli said Zamora died at the hospital from his injuries.
Grass Lake Road was shut down for several hours into Monday evening.
The crash remains under investigation by the Lake County Sheriff’s Office Technical Crash Investigations Team.