2 people killed, 1 hospitalized in Highland Park crash, officials say
Two people were killed and one other person was hospitalized following a two-vehicle crash in Highland Park on Saturday afternoon.
City officials say shortly after 3 p.m., Highland Park police responded to the crash at the intersection of Park Avenue and Route 41.
They said that a vehicle heading northbound on Route 41 collided in the intersection with another vehicle traveling westbound on Park Avenue to southbound Route 41.
Officials say that three people were taken to the hospital, where two of the victims were pronounced dead. Their identities were not released as of Saturday night. The condition of the third victim was also not released.
A bystander says a doctor who was on his way to a wedding stopped to help.
"He comes out in his tux, goes to the Sonata, grabs the baby ... pulls the baby out, maybe look like two, around there, in diapers," she said. "Everybody was doing compressions on the baby. I was sitting there trying to say 'Come on baby, let's go, come on," and at one point he breathed and I said 'Good boy, let's do it again."
The Lake County Major Crash Assistance Team was notified, and the crash remains under investigation.