Man killed in single-vehicle crash in Lake in the Hills, fire deputy chief says
A man was killed in a single-vehicle crash Wednesday night in Lake in the Hills, the Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire Protection District deputy chief said.
Lake in the Hills police and Algonquin-Lake in the Hills firefighters responded at 9:20 p.m. Wednesday to the 1100 block of West Algonquin Road, near Pyott Road, where they found a pickup truck rolled over, according to a police department news release and Deputy Fire Chief John Knebl.
The driver of the vehicle was dead, and no one was taken to the hospital, Knebl said.
The vehicle, a black Toyota Tacoma, was westbound when it lost control, struck a guardrail, and flipped over, landing on its roof, the police news release said. No other vehicles were involved.
The cause of the accident was under investigation by the department's traffic accident investigation unit.
Lake in the Hills police issued a Nixle traffic advisory at about 9:30 p.m. to avoid the area of Algonquin, between Pyott and Hilltop Drive, for several hours while the preliminary investigation was being conducted.
The fire protection district remained on the scene for about five hours to light up the area for the crash investigation, he said.
An attempt to speak to Lake in the Hills police Thursday was not immediately successful.
McHenry County Coroner Michael Rein declined to comment pending next-of-kin notification.