1 Critically Injured After Car Collides With Pedestrian

Grayslake IL

04 June, 2021

11:11 AM

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LAKE COUNTY, IL — A 53-year-old Ingleside man struck by a car while walking along a shoulder on Route 59 Thursday evening has been critically injured, authorities said. The collision occurred at about 6:40 p.m. when a black Chrysler 300 heading east on Route 59 near Stanton Point Road drove onto the southern shoulder and hit the man, according to a news release from the Lake County Sheriff's Office. There are no sidewalks along the area of Route 59 where the man was walking, police said. Sign up for your local Patch newsletter and breaking news updates He was taken to Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville in critical condition, according to authorities. Investigators are working to determine if impairment or a distraction caused the driver of the Chrysler, a 39-year-old Ingleside man, to crash. He was not injured.