Crime & Safety
1 Dead After Intoxicated, Wrong-Way Driver Causes Wheeling Crash: Police
The collision killed the other vehicle's driver — a 53-year-old — authorities said.
WHEELING, IL — A wrong-way driver struck another vehicle, killing its driver Sunday in Wheeling, officials said. Police believe the suspect was intoxicated.
An eastbound vehicle was traveling on westbound Palatine at 2:15 a.m. when it struck an oncoming car and killed its 53-year-old driver, authorities said. Police haven't disclosed the identities of anyone involved.
Each vehicle had two occupants. One person sustained a serious but non-life-threatening injury, police said.
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Crash investigators were on-scene as of late Sunday morning, according to Al Steffen, Wheeling's deputy police chief.
No further information will be available until Monday, police said.
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