Authorities say a 53-year-old man died after he was found unresponsive when he crashed into a mailbox and tree in Lake in the Hills Tuesday afternoon.
The Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire Protection District and Lake in the Hills Police Department responded around 3:06 p.m. Tuesday to the 1100 block of Heavens Gate in Lake in the Hills for a report of a vehicle crash.
Lake in the Hills Deputy Police Chief Tiffany Decker said officers arrived to find a single-vehicle crash.
The Kia sedan had left the roadway and struck a mailbox and a tree.
The driver, a 53-year-old man, was found unconscious and not breathing in the vehicle, Decker said.
Lifesaving measures were performed and paramedics rushed him to a local hospital.
He was pronounced dead at the hospital, Decker said, adding that his death was due to natural causes.
The crash only involved the one vehicle and no other occupants were inside the man’s car.
A tow truck removed the vehicle, which sustained only minor damage, from the scene.
The McHenry County Coroner’s Office has not yet released the identity of the 53-year-old man.