Crime & Safety
95-Year-Old Wilmette Man Dies After Northbrook Crash
John Robertson passed away last Thursday, two weeks after being involved in a traffic crash.

EVANSTON, IL — A Wilmette resident died last week from injuries he suffered from a traffic crash last month in Northbrook.
John Robertson, 95, was pronounced dead Thursday at 10:23 p.m. in Evanston Hospital after being involved in a crash on June 22 on Skokie Boulevard, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.
An autopsy completed Friday by the Cook County Medical Examiner ruled Robertson's death accidental, finding he died of delayed complications from multiple blunt force injuries from a motor vehicle crash, according to the paper.
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