Crime & Safety

Schoolhouse Road Crash Victim Identified

The man killed in a wreck in New Lenox Township Friday morning was a 40-year-old from Frankfort.

NEW LENOX, IL - The man killed in a Friday morning crash on Schoolhouse Road just north of Route 30 in New Lenox has been identified as 40-year-old Frankfort resident Mark A. Nelson, the Herald-News reports.

Nelson was the driver of a Subaru when it collided with a Chevy Silverado with a trailer attached in New Lenox Township. Initial reports indicate Nelson was pinned in the driver's seat of the car while it was stuck against a guard rail.

An autopsy for Nelson is scheduled for Saturday.

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