5 Injured, Driver Flees Scene in Crash Near Gurnee: Police

LAKE COUNTY, IL - Five people were injured - one critically - in a one-vehicle crash near Gurnee Monday night. Meanwhile, charges are pending in the crash that happened in the 26200 block of North Grandwood Drive in unincorporated Gurnee after the driver, a 16-year-old from unincorporated Gurnee, fled the scene on foot, police said. He was taken into custody a short distance later by police.

A 16-year-old Waukegan boy was taken to Advocate Condell Medical Center for treatment of life-threatening injuries. He remained at the hospital in critical condition as of late Tuesday afternoon, police said.

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Four others were injured in the crash. The 16-year-old driver was taken to a local hospital as was a 16-year-old Grayslake girl, a 20-year-old Round Lake Heights man and a 21-year-old Waukegan woman, according to the news release. None of their injuries are considered life-threatening. The identities of those injured in the crash are not currently being released.

It's unclear at this point why the 2013 Kia Rio, which was headed northwest on North Grandwood Drive near Lakeview Terrace, left the roadway and struck a tree at about 8:30 p.m. on Monday, police said. Police are investigating whether drugs, alcohol or speed were a factor in the crash, according to a news release from the Lake County Sheriff's Office.

The crash remains under investigation by the Lake County Sheriff’s Office Technical Crash Investigations Unit and charges are pending.

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