Woman In Critical Condition, 2 More Hurt, In McHenry County Crash

MCHENRY COUNTY, IL — The McHenry County Sheriff's Office said three people were injured, including one in critical condition, during a two-vehicle crash Friday afternoon in unincorporated Alden Township. The sheriff's office said they responded, along with the McHenry County Conservation Police, the Harvard Fire Protection District, Flight for Life and the Hebron Fire Department, to the reported two-vehicle crash at 3:44 p.m., at the intersection of Alden Road and Thayer Road. According to the sheriff's office, an 80-year-old Harvard woman is listed in critical condition, and the two others injured in the crash are a 58-year-old harvard man and a 55-year-old McHenry woman.

The sheriff's office said an on-scene investigation found that a 2010 Chevrolet HHR, driven by the 80-year-old woman, was headed westbound on Thayer Road and failed to stop for the stop sign at the intersection with Alden Road. That's when a 2018 Mitsubishi Outlander, driven by the McHenry woman, was headed southbound on Alden Road and hit the Chevrolet in the southbound lane.

The elderly female was taken by Flight for Life to Javon Bea Hospital Riverside in Rockford, the sheriff's office said, adding that the 58-year-old male passenger in the Chevrolet was taken by Hebron to Fire Department rescue crews to Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital for minor injuries.

The woman driving the Mitsubishi was taken by Harvard Fire Protection District to Harvard Mercy
Hospital with minor injuries, the sheriff's office said.

Seatbelts were worn and airbags deployed when the crash took place, the sheriff's office said, adding that alcohol isn't believed to be a factor in the crash.

Officials said the investigation continues by the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office Major Crash Investigations Unit.