1 Dead, 8 Injured After High-Speed Police Chase, Crash: Police

LAKE COUNTY, IL — A 32-year-old Wisconsin man is dead and eight people were injured following a high-speed police chase and collision in Lake County Saturday afternoon, police said.

The two-vehicle collision happened at Route 173 and Kilbourne Road in unincorporated Zion at about 4:30 p.m. Saturday, according to a news release from the Lake County Sheriff's Office. The crash happened after authorities in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, tried to pull over a stolen Lexus GS400, which was driven by a 32-year-old man from Salem, Wisconsin.

The driver, who was suspected in several area burglaries and also wanted on a warrant for possession of methamphetamine, fled authorities at a high rate of speed. His license was also revoked, according to a news release.

Officers used a tire-deflating device to puncture one of the driver's tires, but he continued fleeing at a high rate of speed, police said.

The Lexus, while driving recklessly and "excessively fast," crashed into a GMC Yukon at the intersection of Route 173 and Kilbourne Road near Zion.

The driver, who was the only person in the car, was killed, police said.

The driver and seven passengers in the Yukon were injured. A front seat passenger in the GMC, a 51-year-old from Waukegan, sustained critical injuries and was taken to an area hospital, according to a news release.

The driver, a 30-year-old Waukegan man, and several rear seat passengers, sustained injuries that were not considered life-threatening, according to authorities. The passengers included a 20-year-old Waukegan woman, 28-year-old Waukegan man, a 15-year-old Waukegan boy, 15-year-old Montgomery girl, 11-year-old Waukegan girl and an 8-year-old Waukegan girl.

Several were taken to area hospitals, according to police.

An autopsy for the Wisconsin man will be scheduled with the Lake County Coroner's Office, and his name is being withheld.