A 75-year-old man died after he was ejected from his pickup truck that rolled over during a crash involving a semi-truck on Interstate 94 near Gurnee Friday afternoon.
The Gurnee Fire Department, Libertyville Fire Department and Illinois State Police responded around 2:30 p.m. Friday to Interstate 94 near Route 21 in Gurnee for a report of a vehicle crash with injuries.
Illinois State Police (ISP) Troop 3 troopers arrived to find a fatal two-vehicle crash on westbound Interstate 94 at milepost 10.
A preliminary investigation showed a gray Dodge Ram changed lanes and struck the side of a semi-truck hauling a trailer, according to ISP.
The Dodge, driven by a 75-year-old man from Oak Creek, Wisconsin, left the roadway and struck a tollway sign.
The Dodge traveled up an embankment and rolled over, leaving the driver partially ejected from the car, ISP said.
The driver was unresponsive and pronounced dead at the scene.
The passenger of the Dodge, a 71-year-old woman from Oak Creek, Wisconsin, was trapped in the vehicle and extricated by firefighters.
Paramedics transported the woman to Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville for treatment of minor injuries.
The driver of the semi-truck did not report any injuries.
The Lake County Coroner’s Office responded to the scene and is in the process of scheduling an autopsy on the 75-year-old man, whose identity has not been released.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation by the Illinois State Police.