Chicago Man Dies in Lockport Crash

LOCKPORT, IL — A Chicago man died Monday when his car crossed the center line and collided with a tow truck in Lockport.

Armando Piemonte, 45, whom authorities had to extricate from his vehicle, was pronounced dead at 7:16 p.m. at the Silver Cross Emergency Room in New Lenox, according to the Will County coroner's office.

The accident occurred at 6:21 p.m. in the 500 block of N. State Street. Piemonte was driving southbound in his gray Chrysler Town and Country minivan, and the tow truck driver was northbound, Chicago Tribune reports.

It's unclear what caused Piemonte to cross the center line. Police said it did not appear the driver of the tow truck—a 55-year-old man from Lockport—was impaired by drugs or alcohol, or texting at the time of the accident, according to the report. He was taken to the hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.

Toxicology results on Piemonte are still pending. Police are still investigating and will include Piemonte's cell phone records in the process.

State Street was closed for four and a half hours following the accident.