Crime & Safety
1 Critically Injured After Car Collides With Pedestrian
The Lake County Sheriff's Office is investigating whether the driver was impaired or distracted during the crash Thursday in Ingleside.
LAKE COUNTY, IL — A 53-year-old Ingleside man struck by a car while walking along a shoulder on Route 59 Thursday evening has been critically injured, authorities said.
The collision occurred at about 6:40 p.m. when a black Chrysler 300 heading east on Route 59 near Stanton Point Road drove onto the southern shoulder and hit the man, according to a news release from the Lake County Sheriff's Office. There are no sidewalks along the area of Route 59 where the man was walking, police said.
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He was taken to Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville in critical condition, according to authorities.
Investigators are working to determine if impairment or a distraction caused the driver of the Chrysler, a 39-year-old Ingleside man, to crash. He was not injured.
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