Deadly Wreck In Joliet Township Kills New Lenox Man, 56

JOLIET, IL — The Illinois State Police are investigating an afternoon crash on Joliet's east side that took the life of a 56-year-old New Lenox man, Michael Langlois. The fatality happened around 1:20 p.m. on Wednesday in Joliet Township.

Langlois was driving a 2010 white Toyota Avalon while the other driver, Tialonda Robinson, 38, of Joliet, was driving a 2012 silver Hyundai Veloster. Robinson was rushed to the hospital and her injuries are not life-threatening, the police press release noted.

According to the Illinois State Police:

The New Lenox man was pulling his car out of a parking lot south of Washington Street and west of Park Road and he began traveling northbound on Washington Street. The Joliet woman was heading eastbound on Washington.

The front end of Robinson's car hit the driver's side of the Langlois' car and that impact sent the New Lenox man's car into a parking lot on the south side of Washington Street, east of Park Road.

Langlois' car spun around and crashed into the front of an unoccupied parked car. After being airlifted to a hospital, Langlois was later pronounced dead, state police said.