A man in his 50s died after authorities say he drove his car off the roadway into a conservation area near Richmond, just south of the Illinois-Wisconsin border, Tuesday morning.
The Richmond Township Fire Protection District and McHenry County Sheriff’s Office responded around 6:52 a.m. Tuesday to the area of Lakeview Road and State Line Road in unincorporated Richmond for a vehicle crash.
Fire officials said it was reported that a vehicle was off the roadway and one person was still inside the car.
There was an off-duty member of the Twin Lakes, Wisconsin, Fire Department and Rescue Squad on the scene providing aid.
Fire crews arrived on the scene in nine minutes and found that a vehicle had driven off the roadway and sustained minimal damage.
The vehicle had been on the Wisconsin side of the state border when the crash began and it came to rest on the Illinois side of the border, fire officials said.
The car was not heavily damaged and was located in the conservation area with a man in his 50s who was unconscious and not breathing.
Fire officials said advanced life support care was initiated on the man in cardiac arrest but it was unsuccessful and he was pronounced dead at the scene by Mercyhealth MD-1, which is a rapid mobile response doctor.
Richmond fire crews left the scene just after 8 a.m. They were assisted by the Twin Lakes Fire Department and Rescue Squad, as well as the Town of Randall Fire Department.
The McHenry County Coroner’s Office responded to the scene. The victim’s identity has not been released.
“We thank all agencies for their assistance. The Richmond Township Fire Protection District expresses our condolences and prayers to the family,” the fire district said.
The investigation is being handled by two agencies, with the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office investigating the death and the Kenosha County Sheriff’s Office investigating the crash portion involving the car leaving the roadway.