Coroner IDs Man Killed In Crash While Fleeing Police: Authorities

ROUND LAKE BEACH, IL — The Lake County Coroner's Office has identified a man who died after crashing his car while fleeing a home invasion Wednesday afternoon.

Lamar Chargois, 38, of Decatur was killed in the collision. Preliminary results from an autopsy show Chargois died from blunt force injuries as a result of a crash, according to the coroner's office news release.

Police say Chargois crashed his 2010 Nissan into two parked cars on Rollins Road in Round Lake Beach at about 4:15 p.m. Wednesday.

Prior to the collision, police were called to a home in the 100 block of Beachview Drive at about 4:15 p.m. for a report of a man who was trying to get into the residence of a person he'd previously had a relationship with, police said.

The man, who was later identified as Chargois, left the home when police were called, authorities said. He fled the area at a high rate of speed, heading west on Rollins Road, according to the news release.

The car ended up driving off Rollins Road near Lotus Drive and slamming into the parked cars, which were up for sale in the 800 block of West Rollins Road, police said. A bystander, a 55-year-old man who was looking at the vehicles that were for sale, was hit by one of the vehicles.

Chargois was not responsive when emergency personnel arrived at the scene and was trapped in the vehicle. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The 55-year-old man injured in the incident was taken to a hospital and his condition is not currently available, police said.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.