AHeights Driver Without Seat Belt Killed In Long Grove Crash

LONG GROVE, IL — A 78-year-old Arlington Heights woman was killed Thursday after she apparently lost control of her SUV and hit another vehicle while traveling in Long Grove, according to the Lake County Sheriff's Office. The woman was not wearing her seatbelt and was ejected from her vehicle, the sheriff's office said in a statement Friday.

According to authorities, deputies discovered the accident at around 11:15 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 4, on Route 83, north of Route 22. A preliminary investigation determined that the Arlington Heights driver — who was not identified by the sheriff's office — was traveling north on the roadway when she lost control of her 2015 Subaru Outback.

After crossing the center median, the driver's SUV collided with a southbound 2004 Jeep Liberty, driven by a 62-year-old Vernon Township woman, the sheriff's office said. The Jeep's driver — who also wasn't identified by the sheriff's office — sustained non-life-threatening injuries, and she was taken to Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital in Barrington, authorities said.

What caused the Arlington Heights woman to lose control of the SUV she was driving is not yet known, and the crash is still being investigated, the sheriff's office said. An autopsy for the driver was scheduled for Friday morning.

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