A 53-year-old man was killed after the vehicle he was driving was struck in a head-on collision Sunday morning in suburban Wheeling.
According to officials, the crash occurred on westbound Palatine Road at approximately 2:15 a.m. Sunday.
Police say a man was driving a vehicle westbound on the roadway when he was struck head-on by another vehicle traveling in the wrong lane of traffic.
The victim in the crash was pronounced dead. Another occupant in the vehicle also suffered a serious injury, police said, with two other occupants in other vehicle also hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.
Police believe that the driver of the vehicle that caused the crash was intoxicated, but toxicology results are pending.
No further information was immediately available.
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