Lake County Sheriff’s Crash Investigators are investigating a five-vehicle crash Thursday evening that left one person critically injured.
Lake County Sheriff’s Deputies and firefighter/paramedics from Antioch responded about 6:05 p.m. Wednesday, July 25, 2024 to a report of a crash with injuries Route 173 east of Route 45, in unincorporated Antioch, for a traffic crash with injuries. Sheriff’s deputies arrived and located five vehicles involved.
Preliminary investigation shows a Ford F-550, hauling an excavator, was traveling westbound on Route 173, approaching Route 45. For a reason currently unknown, the driver of the Ford, a 52-year-old man of Waukegan, failed to slow down for traffic stopped at the red light. The front of the Ford struck the back of a Nissan Versa, driven by a 23-year-old man of Savoy. The Nissan then struck a stopped Volkswagen Atlas, driven by a 47-year-old man of Twin Lakes, Wisconsin. The Volkswagen was then pushed into a Chevrolet Silverado, driven by a 39-year-old man of Woodstock. The force and momentum of Ford then caused the Nissan to sideswipe a stopped Kia K5, driven by a 60-year-old man of Antioch.
The driver of the Nissan was transported to Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville with non-life-threatening injuries. A front seat passenger in the Nissan, a 25-year-old man of Champaign, was transported to Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville with non-life-threatening injuries. A rear seat passenger in the Nissan, a 24-year-old woman of Champaign, was transported via medical helicopter to Advocate Condell Medical Center with critical, life-threatening injuries.
The driver of the Volkswagen was transported to Froedtert Pleasant Prairie Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The driver of the Ford was transported to Advocate Condell Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries.
The drivers of the Chevrolet and Kia were uninjured.
The crash remains under investigation by the Lake County Sheriff’s Office Technical Crash Investigations Unit.
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