18-Year-Old Killed In Homer Glen Crash: Sheriff

HOMER GLEN, IL — An 18-year-old is dead after a crash in Homer Glen on Wednesday night, the Will County Sheriff's Office said.

The Will County Coroner's Office identified her as Abigail F. Thomas of Lockport.

The three-vehicle crash happened at 11:42 p.m. Wednesday, in the 170000 block of South Cedar Road. The sheriff's office said the first crash was head-on, followed by a second crash a short time later, with a single vehicle crashing into the head-on crash in the road.

According to the sheriff's office, initial reports show that a Nissan SUV was traveling southbound on Cedar Road, and crossed over the center line into the northbound oncoming lanes. A Dodge sedan was traveling northbound, and the two vehicles hit head-on.

The driver of the Nissan, a 42-year-old Lockport woman, was taken to the hospital, and remains in critical condition, the sheriff's office said. Thomas, the driver of the Dodge, was pronounced dead at the scene.

After the head-on crash, a Cadillac was driving northbound on Cedar when they came upon the crash, the sheriff's office said. No lights were illuminating from the two vehicles, and by the time the driver of the Cadillac saw the crash, she could not stop. The Cadillac collided with the passenger rear of the Dodge sedan.

The Cadillac left the roadway and slid into a ditch, the sheriff's office said. Both the driver and a passenger were taken to Silver Cross Hospital, and were treated and released with minor injuries.