Coroner Release Autopsy Results In Death Of Worker In Huntley

HUNTLEY, IL — McHenry County Coroner's Office officials say blunt force trauma caused the death of a 20-year-old man who was hit by a car while working along Main Street in Huntley last week, according to preliminary results from the man's autopsy.

Joseph Zephries, of Huntley, was hit by the car while working for a utility company at the intersection of Main Street and Coyne Station Road at about 3:10 p.m. on Jan. 8, according to police. Zephries was taken to Northwestern Hospital in Huntley where he was later pronounced dead.

The driver of the car, a 27-year-old Chicago man, is cooperating with a probe into the collision, and it does not appear that drugs or alcohol were a factor in the crash, police said.

An investigation into the incident is ongoing.

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