Crime & Safety
Citation Made In Crash That Injured Lake Zurich Cop
A Wauconda man has been cited after police say he struck a squad car making a traffic stop early Sunday morning.
LAKE ZURICH, IL - A man has been given multiple citations in connection with the traffic incident that resulted in the hospitalization of one Lake Zurich police officer. Hector G. Marin, 54, of Wauconda was cited for failure to reduce speed to avoid a crash and failure to yield to an emergency vehicle, police said on Monday.
Marin was allegedly the driver of a 2009 Ford Flex that was southbound on Route 12 near Wooded Ridge Dr. at 12:34 a.m. Sunday morning.
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Two police squad cars were taking up the right lane while making a traffic stop when Marin's car crashed into the rear of the back-up officer's car, police said. The back-up officer's car was forced into the back of the primary officer's car as a result of the crash.
The back-up officer, who was in the driver's seat of his car, was taken to an area hospital with non-life threatening injuries and released later on Sunday. The primary officer was not injured.
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Marin was treated and released at the scene.
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