A driver who was previously fleeing from police officers was killed and multiple others were injured in a high speed crash on Saturday, July 6, 2024.
Lake County Sheriff’s Deputies responded about 4:30 p.m. Saturday, July 6, 2024 to a report of a traffic crash with injuries at Route 173 and Kilbourne Road in unincorporated Zion. When sheriff’s deputies arrived, they located two vehicles with major damage.
A preliminary investigation shows a 32-year-old man of Salem, Wisconsin, was driving a stolen Lexus GS400 in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin. Pleasant Prairie Police Department located the vehicle and attempted to stop the driver. The driver, instead fled at a high rate of speed. Pleasant Prairie Police Officer pursued the driver and successfully utilized a tire deflating device in the area of Kilbourne Road and Russell Road near Russell. Even though one of the Lexus’ tires was deflated, the driver continued fleeing at a high rate of speed.
Pleasant Prairie Police Officers discontinued chasing the driver of the Lexus in the area of Kilbourne Road and Hickory Road, unincorporated Zion. The driver of the Lexus continued driving recklessly and excessively fast. The driver of the Lexus disregarded the red light at Kilbourne Road and Route 173 and entered the intersection, colliding with a GMC Yukon.
The driver of the Lexus, who was the only vehicle occupant, was killed. A 51-year-old front seat passenger of Waukegan in the GMC sustained critical injuries and was transported to an area hospital. The driver of the GMC, a 30-year-old man of Waukegan, and the following rear passengers: a 20-year-old woman of Waukegan, a 28-year-old man of Waukegan, a 15-year-old boy of Waukegan, a 15-year-old girl of Montogomery, an 11-year-old girl of Waukegan, and an eight-year-old girl of Waukegan all sustained non-life-threatening injuries. Several of those injured were transported to area hospitals.
An autopsy on the driver of the Lexus is being scheduled by the Lake County Coroner’s Office. The driver of the Lexus, whose name is withheld pending next of kin notification, had a revoked driver’s license, an active arrest warrant out of Lake County for possessing methamphetamine, and was the suspect in several area burglaries.
The crash remains under investigation by the Lake County Sheriff’s Office Technical Crash Investigations Team.
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