McHenry County Sheriff’s Office, McHenry Police Department, and McHenry Township Fire Protection District responded about 6:24 p.m. Friday, August 16, 2024 to a report of a crashed motorcycles in the area of Chapel Hill Road, south of Route 120 in unincorporated McHenry for a vehicle crash with injuries. First responders arrived to find two motorcycles in the ditch with both drivers, a 42-year-old McHenry man and a 39-year-old Wonder Lake man, being ejected and having serious injuries. Both drivers were transported to Northwestern Medicine Hospital in McHenry. The 42-year-old was later transferred to Level 1 Trauma Center Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville.
On Sunday, August 18, 2024, at 12:11 a.m., the Lake County Coroner’s Office was contacted by staff from Advocate Condell Medical Center and notified that, despite care and treatment, one of the drivers had succumbed to his injuries. The Lake County Coroner’s Office initiated a death investigation at that time.
The deceased has been identified as 42-year-old Steven Mapson, of McHenry. Based on preliminary investigation, Mr. Mapson death is consistent with Blunt Force Injuries as a result of the crash.
The crash remains under investigation by the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office Major Traffic Crash Investigation Unit.
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