The Lake County Coroner’s Office has identified a 4-year-old Zion child killed in a head-on vehicle crash in Waukegan. Waukegan Police and Waukegan Fire responded to the area of Sunset and Kellogg avenues for a two-vehicle crash with multiple injuries at 8:12 a.m. Wednesday morning, Lake County Coroner Jennifer Banek said in a news release. […]
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Identity of Woodstock man killed Friday while running from police released by McHenry County Coroners Office
The McHenry County Coroner’s Office has released the identity of a man killed in a car crash running from Woodstock police early Friday morning. An autopsy for Fabian Velazquez, 25, of Woodstock, is due to take place May 28, coroner officials said. Velazquez died at Northwestern Hospital Huntley shortly after the violent one-vehicle crash on […]
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Lake County Coroner identifies man killed after vehicle strikes utility pole near Gurnee Saturday
The Lake County Coroner’s Office has released the identity of an 89-year-old man who died after a car he was riding in collided with a pole near Gurnee Saturday afternoon. Preliminary results show that Leonard Blum, of Gurnee, died as a result of injuries he sustained in the crash that took place at about 2:15 […]
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Coroner IDs 22-year-old who died after being ejected in McHenry crash
The McHenry County Coroner’s Office has identified the 22-year-old man who died after being ejected from a car during a crash Tuesday morning in McHenry. The McHenry Township Fire Protection District, McHenry County Sheriff’s Office and McHenry Police Department were called at 12:21 a.m. to the 6900 block of Route 120 for a report of […]
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Woman dies at hospital after being rescued from submerged car following crash in North Barrington
A woman has died at the hospital after being rescued by firefighters from a car submerged in water following a two-vehicle crash in North Barrington that left three others injured. The Lake Zurich Rural Fire Protection District and the Lake County Sheriff’s Office was called at 5:58 p.m. on Sunday to the area of Route […]
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Coroner IDs 64-year-old Libertyville woman killed after car crashes into tree, bursts into flames
The coroner has identified the 64-year-old Libertyville woman who died after she crashed her car into a tree, catching it on fire, Friday afternoon. The Libertyville Police Department and Libertyville Fire Department were called at 2:18 p.m. on Friday to Crane Boulevard between Carter Street and Burdick Street, near Triangle Park, for a report of […]
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Man killed after truck hits tree near Huntley
A 57-year-old man died after he crashed his pickup truck into a tree in unincorporated Huntley Tuesday evening, according to the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office. The Huntley Fire Protection District and McHenry County Sheriff’s Office were called for a report of a single-vehicle crash in the 14100 block of Harmony Road in unincorporated Huntley just […]
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Wauconda man dies after driving car off berm, going airborne and rolling car over in Harvard
A 39-year-old Wauconda man was pronounced dead following a single-vehicle crash in unincorporated Harvard on Saturday evening, sheriff’s officials said. At approximately 7:05 p.m. on Saturday, the Harvard Fire Protection District and McHenry County Sheriff’s Department responded to the scene of a single-vehicle traffic accident in the 6500 block of White Oak Road in unincorporated […]