A 43-year-old man is dead and a woman was injured after an SUV turned in front of an oncoming motorcycle, causing a three-vehicle crash in Mettawa Monday evening, the sheriff said.
The Lake County Sheriff’s Office, Lincolnshire-Riverwoods Fire Protection District and Libertyville Fire Department responded around 8:50 p.m. Monday to the area of Route 60 and Saint Mary’s Road in Mettawa for a vehicle crash with injuries.
Initial 911 callers reported a motorcycle-involved crash with the victim not conscious and not breathing, according to fire department radio traffic.
Fire crews arrived and reported CPR was in progress on the unresponsive victim.
Lake County Sheriff’s Office Chief Christopher Covelli said sheriff’s deputies arrived and found a three-vehicle crash.
The driver of a 2022 Honda Motorcycle, a 43-year-old Mundelein man, was unconscious and not breathing.
Covelli said lifesaving efforts were attempted at the scene by first responders but the driver of the motorcycle was pronounced dead at the scene.
A preliminary investigation shows the Honda motorcycle was traveling westbound on Route 60.
The Honda proceeded through a green light at the intersection with Saint Mary’s Road.
A 2024 Chevrolet Trax, driven by a 55-year-old Waukegan woman, was traveling eastbound on Route 60 and made a left turn onto northbound Saint Mary’s Road in front of the motorcycle, Covelli said.
The driver of the Honda motorcycle was unable to avoid the collision and struck the passenger side of the Chevrolet.
The collision caused the motorcyclist to be ejected from the motorcycle.
The motorcycle then struck a Hyundai SUV, which was facing southbound on Saint Mary’s Road, Covelli said. None of the three occupants in the Hyundai were injured.
The driver of the Chevrolet suffered minor injuries and was transported by ambulance to Northwestern Medicine Hospital in Lake Forest. She is cooperating with the investigation, Covelli said.
The Lake County Coroner’s Office responded to the scene and an autopsy is being scheduled on the driver of the motorcycle. His identity has not been released.
The intersection of Route 60 and Saint Mary’s Road was completely shut down for several hours.
The crash remains under investigation by the Lake County Sheriff’s Office Technical Crash Investigations Team.