Traffic & Transit
1 Dead, 7 Injured Including 2 Children After Head-On Crash
The Lake County Sheriff said 2 young boys, ages 11 and 13, were taken to local hospitals in critical condition after the Friday crash.
ZION, IL — A Zion man is dead and two children are critically injured after a car crash Friday night, officials said.
The incident occurred at around 6:45 p.m. on Green Bay Road near Wadsworth Road, the Lake County Sheriff's Office said. Preliminary reports indicate a Jeep hit the Zion trio's Kia Soul head-on while traveling in the wrong lane near Beach Park.
The Zion driver, 49, was pronounced dead Friday night and two boys, 13 and 11, were taken to local hospitals. The 11-year-old boy was transported to Advocate Lutheran General Hospital by helicopter.
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Police said a 50-year-old Zion woman was driving the Jeep and attempting to illegally pass a tow truck that was hauling a semi tractor when she hit the Kia. The collision caused the Jeep to spin and hit the tow truck and another vehicle.
Police said both young boys in the Kia suffered critical injuries and neither child was wearing a seat belt.
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The woman driving the Jeep had minor injuries along with her passenger, a Kenosha woman. Three people in the other vehicle that was struck also suffered minor injuries but the tow truck driver was not injured, officials said.
An autopsy for the Zion man who was killed is scheduled for Tuesday. His name has not yet been released.
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