Crime & Safety
1 Dead In Fiery 1-Car Crash In Wheeling
The collision happened early Saturday in Wheeling. The unidentified person was found unresponsive in the car and later pronounced dead.

WHEELING, IL —One person was killed in a fiery one-car crash on North Wolf Road at Wolf Court in Wheeling early Saturday, police said. The Daily Herald is reporting a vehicle was traveling north on Wolf Road when it hit and crossed a raised concrete median and went into the southbound lanes of traffic before leaving the road, hitting a parked unoccupied vehicle and tree and starting on fire.
Firefighters responding to the scene found one person inside the car, which was fully engulfed in flames. The unidentified person was pronounced dead at the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office, according to the Daily Herald.
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