Crime & Safety

Woman Killed In Elk Grove Village Car Crash: Report

The 59-year-old Elk Grove Village resident was pronounced dead at the scene of the Saturday morning crash.

ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL — A 59-year-old Elk Grove Village woman was killed Saturday morning in a two-car crash in the 800 block of S. Arlington Heights Road. Maria De Lourdesde Jimenez, who was driving one of the two cars involved, was pronounced dead at the scene, reports The Daily Herald.

Patch has reached out to the Elk Grove Village Police Department for more information.

According to a traffic alert, the crash occurred at around 11:07 a.m. and shut down traffic near the Elk Crossing Shopping Center for nearly eight hours.

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Police told the Daily Herald that a Lincoln Navigator was traveling south on Arlington Heights Road when it collided with Nissan Rogue, which was driven by Jimenez, and was turning north from the Elk Crossing Shopping Center.

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