A Wauconda and Holiday Hills police officer who was in critical condition following an off-duty crash has been taken out of a coma and is alert and communicating, officials said. The crash happened around 2:30 a.m. April 25 on Interstate 39 in Ogle County south of Rockford. The Illinois State Police said the crash involved […]
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Off-duty Wauconda and Holiday Hills police officer put in coma after being critically injured in head-on crash
An off-duty Wauconda and Holiday Hills police officer and his wife were seriously injured after they were struck by a wrong-way driver on the interstate, their family said. The crash happened around 2:30 a.m. last Tuesday on Interstate 39 in Ogle County south of Rockford. The Illinois State Police said the crash involved three vehicles. […]
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Coroner identifies 25-year-old man killed after wrong way, high-speed crash near Harvard
The coroner’s office has identified a 25-year-old man who was killed last week when he drove at a high rate of speed in the wrong lane of traffic, causing a head-on crash near Harvard. An autopsy performed Monday showed that Ivan Avina, 25, of Harvard, died as a result of blunt trauma, according to McHenry […]
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25-year-old killed after driving car wrong way at high rate of speed, hitting other car near Harvard
A 25-year-old man driving at a high rate of speed in the wrong lane of traffic was killed after hitting another car head-on near Harvard Thursday evening, the sheriff’s office said. The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office, Harvard Police Department Harvard Fire Protection District and Hebron-Alden-Greenwood Fire Protection District responded around 10:02 p.m. Thursday to the […]
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2 killed, 1 seriously injured after wrong-way crash in Wauconda
Two men in their 20s were killed and another man was seriously injured following a wrong-way crash in Wauconda involving a delivery truck and minivan. The Wauconda Police Department and Wauconda Fire District responded around 2:16 a.m. Thursday to the northbound lanes of Route 12 near Route 59 for a two-vehicle crash with injuries. Wauconda […]