LAKE COUNTY, IL. (THECOUNT) — A double-fatal crash occurred in Lake County, Illinois early Thursday morning after a vehicle traveling the wrong-way on Route 12 collided with a delivery truck.
Two men are dead after a Honda Odyssey traveling southbound in the northbound lanes of Route 12, collided head-on with a Freightliner delivery truck around 2 a.m. Thursday morning.
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According to the Wauconda Police Department, the 25-year-old male Honda driver and his 24-year-old male passenger, were pronounced dead at the scene of multiple blunt force trauma injuries.
The 23-year-old male driver of the delivery truck was transported to an area hospital in serious condition.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
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Geo quick facts: Lake County is a county situated in the northeastern corner of the U.S. state of Illinois along the shores of Lake Michigan. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 703,462, making it the third-most populous county in Illinois after nearby Cook and DuPage Counties – Wikipedia.