A man in his 30s died at the hospital after he crashed his motorcycle into a building and was thrown from the vehicle in downtown Fox Lake early Sunday morning.
The Fox Lake Police Department and Fox Lake Fire Protection District responded around 2:55 a.m. Sunday to East Grand Avenue and Keystone Avenue in downtown Fox Lake for a report of a single-vehicle motorcycle crash.
Police officers and firefighter/medics arrived to find a 34-year-old man from Union Grove, Wisconsin, who was unconscious on the ground but breathing after crashing his 2013 Harley-Davidson motorcycle, Fox Lake Police Sergeant Rick Howell said.
Firefighter/medics immediately began providing medical treatment to the man.
He was transported to Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville with serious and life-threatening injuries.
No one else was injured.
Lake County Chief Deputy Coroner Steve Newton said the man was the sole occupant of the motorcycle.
He later died Sunday evening at Advocate Condell Medical Center, Newton added.
The identity of the man is being withheld pending an autopsy on Monday and notification of his next of kin.
The preliminary investigation shows the man was driving his Harley-Davidson eastbound on Grand Avenue approaching Keystone Avenue.
The motorcycle then left the roadway, slid onto its side and struck the brick building at 62 East Grand Avenue, Howell said.
Due to the severity of the crash, the Major Crash Assistance Team (MCAT) of Lake County was requested to assist the Fox Lake Police Department with an investigation.
Grand Avenue between Rollins Road and Towne Centre Lane was shut down for several hours as investigators worked the scene.
The roadway was reopened later Sunday morning.
The crash remains under investigation by the Fox Lake Police Department and MCAT.