He was the victim of a high-speed crash with an 18 year-old driver who was traveling over the speed limit on eastbound Lake Cook Road at Bloomington Avenue in Arlington Heights. Arlington Heights Fire Department paramedics and then Lutheran General trauma staff worked diligently to stabilize and treat the driver. The driver was revived from traumatic cardiac arrest late Saturday night, but at a.
An autopsy will be conducted to determine an official Manner and Cause of death, according to the Arlington Heights Police Department. Police, firefighters, and paramedics from Arlington Heights responded to the traffic crash originally reported on Lake Cook Road just west of Wilke Road.
Buffalo Grove police, firefighters, and paramedics provided assistance during the initial response. He suffered multiple traumatic injuries and was transported by Arlington Heights Fire Department paramedics to Level I Trauma Center Lutheran General Hospital for medical intervention of life-threatening injuries. One teenage passenger was transported by Palatine Fire Department paramedics to a local hospital for a non-life-threatening injury. According to the Arlington Heights Police Department, the BMW driver, an year-old male resident of Deer Park, and two teenage passengers were evaluated by paramedics and refused further care.
They were picked-up by family and self-transported for medical evaluation. Lake Cook Road was temporarily closed to both east and westbound traffic east of Route 53 β between Nichols Road and Wilke Road β for several hours while accident reconstruction investigators documented the scene and collected evidence. Preliminary information indicates the driver of the dark gray BMW Mi was traveling eastbound on Lake Cook Road, at a rate greater than the posted speed limit, according to the Arlington Heights Police Department.
The driver of a metallic brown X year? The preliminary information did not indicate whether the driver of the Jeep Cherokee was attempting to turn left or turn right onto Lake Cook Road. Upon contact, force caused the Jeep Cherokee to rollover several times, coming to rest on its wheels in the westbound parkway of Lake Cook Road the north side of Lake Cook Road. The force also popped off the grill and front bumper of the Jeep Cherokee.
