Fire officials say a man was killed after his car drove off into a field and rolled over near Harvard Saturday afternoon, shutting down Route 173 for hours.
The Harvard Fire Protection District and McHenry County Sheriff’s Office responded around 3:03 p.m. Saturday to the 24700 block of Route 173 in unincorporated Harvard for a report of a vehicle crash with injuries.
Harvard Fire Protection District Public Information Officer Alex Vucha said initial 911 calls indicated that a vehicle had rolled over.
The callers reported the car came to rest on its roof and an occupant was possibly trapped inside.
First responders arrived on the scene shortly after and found a single vehicle involved in the crash with heavy damage, Vucha said.
The car was overturned approximately 75 feet off the roadway in a field.
Paramedics located the adult male driver still inside the vehicle, Vucha said.
He was the sole occupant of the car and had sustained fatal injuries in the crash. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Route 173 was shut down in both directions from White Oaks Road to County Line Road for several hours before being reopened around 8 p.m.
The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office and McHenry County Coroner’s Office are investigating the crash.
The identity of the driver has not been released yet and the coroner’s office is in the process of scheduling an autopsy.