Crime & Safety
Barrington Man, 21, Killed In Crash In Oakwood Hills
The single-vehicle crash occurred on Thanksgiving Night on Rawson Bridge Road.
McHENRY COUNTY, IL — A 21-year-old Barrington man is dead following a single-vehicle crash Thanksgiving night in Oakwood Hills, authorities said.
An Oakwood Hills Police Department officer located a 2013 Land Rover LR4 at 10:21 p.m. after it had been involved in a crash on Rawson Bridge Road east of Brittany Drive, authorities said.
The driver and only occupant in Land Rover was pronounced dead at the scene, according to a news release from the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office.
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Authorities believe the Land Rover was traveling east on Rawson Bridge Road when it crossed into the westbound lane and went off the road. The SUV then hit a tree, authorities said.
The driver was wearing his seat belt at the time of the crash, authorities said, and the vehicle’s airbags deployed.
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An investigation of the crash was continuing by the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office Major Crash Investigation Unit, Oakwood Hills Police Department and the McHenry County Coroner’s Office.
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