Woman In Critical Condition After Lexus Goes Into Pond

LAKE IN THE HILLS, IL – A woman is in critical condition after a Lexus sedan plunged into and became submerged in a retention pond Monday evening in Lake in the Hills, authorities said Tuesday. Emergency crews were called to the pond in the 3900 block of Willow View Drive at about 5:57 p.m. where they found two women, a 19-year-old and a 34-year-old, along the pond's shoreline. One of the women was able to get out of the pond on her own while a bystander helped the other woman out, according to a news release from the Lake in the Hills Police Department.

Emergency personnel first at the scene immediately began performing resuscitation efforts on the unresponsive woman. Both women were taken to Centegra Hospital in Huntley. The 34-year-old woman is in critical condition, Ashley Eccles, communications coordinator for the Lake in the Hills Police Department, told Patch Tuesday morning.

The accident occurred when the 2003 Lexus sedan was heading south on Willow View Drive and went off the roadway and into the pond, according to a news release. The car became submerged in about 12 feet of water below the pond's surface.

Whitey’s Towing, with assistance from the Mutual Aid Box Alarm System (MABAS) team, removed the vehicle from the pond at about 8:15 p.m.

The incident remains under investigation and no charges have been filed at this time.

Patch will update with more information as it becomes available.

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