Coroner IDs Buffalo Grove Man Killed In Mundelein Crash

MUNDELEIN, IL — A man killed in a two-vehicle crash on New Year's Day in Mundelein has been identified as Richard Skloot, 56, of Buffalo Grove, authorities said. The collision happened when a Lincoln MKZ, which was driven by Skloot and headed north on Route 45 near Route 60, made a left turn in front of another vehicle at about 10 a.m. on Jan. 1.

The Chevrolet Silverado pick-up, which was southbound on Route 45, collided with the right side of Skloot's vehicle, according to a news release from the Lake County Coroner's Office. Skloot's vehicle was turning into the Burger King parking lot, at 1520 S. Lake St., when the crash occurred, according to the Daily Herald.

Skloot was pronounced dead at the scene. An autopsy revealed a preliminary cause of death was multiple injuries due to blunt trauma from a car crash, Lake County Coroner Howard Cooper said in a news release.

Toxicology results are pending, Cooper said.

Authorities said charges are also pending against the offending vehicle, which was traveling at a high rate of speed at the time of the collision, the Daily Herald reports. The driver of the vehicle was speeding and driving erratically prior to the crash, authorities told the Lake County News-Sun.

The crash remains under investigation.

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