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Route 45 reopens after dump truck rolls over, spills load of gravel onto roadway near Antioch

A dump truck rolled over and spilled its load of gravel onto the roadway, which struck two other cars, leaving the driver of the truck with minor injuries Tuesday morning near Antioch. The Antioch Fire Department and Lake County Sheriff’s Office responded around 7:45 a.m. Tuesday to Route 45 and Route 173 in unincorporated Antioch […]

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‘[He] was the life of the party’: Mundelein man killed in crash that left 8 others hospitalized near Gurnee identified

A 62-year-old Mundelein man has been identified after he died in a crash near Gurnee that left two young children and six others seriously injured Sunday evening. An autopsy showed that Joaquin Calderon, 62, of Mundelein, died as a result of blunt force injuries as a result of a vehicle crash, according to Lake County […]

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2 children among 5 ejected, seriously injured in crash that left 8 hospitalized and 1 dead near Gurnee

Two young children were among five victims ejected and seriously injured during a t-bone crash near Gurnee that left a total of eight hospitalized and one dead Sunday evening. The Gurnee Fire Department and Lake County Sheriff’s Office responded around 6:40 p.m. Sunday to Route 45 and Rollins Road in unincorporated Gurnee for a vehicle […]

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2 hospitalized after car runs red light, crashes into 2nd car, semi-truck in Mundelein

Two people were transported to the hospital after a car ran a red light and caused a three-vehicle crash involving a semi-truck in Mundelein, police said. The Mundelein Fire Department and Mundelein Police Department responded around 3 p.m. Monday to Route 45 and Route 83 in Mundelein. Mundelein Police Department Sgt. Christopher Brigano told Lake […]