Lake County Sheriff’s deputies remain on scene after a dump truck rolled over on a suburban Wauconda roadway, leaving two people dead and a third critically injured.
According to authorities, the crash occurred near the intersection of Fairfield Road and Chardon Road on Wednesday morning.
A dump truck was traveling northbound on Fairfield Road at the time, and at the same time, a sedan was approaching on Chardon Road, police said. The driver of the sedan entered the intersection, slamming into the front of the truck.
The force of the impact caused the truck to roll onto its side, spilling a load of concrete.
The driver of the vehicle was pronounced dead at the scene, as was a passenger in the rear seat of the vehicle. A front-seat passenger was transported to an area hospital with critical, non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
According to Total Traffic, Fairfield Road will remain closed in both directions between Gilmer Road and Route 60 “for an extended period of time” for an investigation and crash cleanup to take place.
No further information was available, and we will update this story with details throughout the day.
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