Teen killed, elderly woman injured in Grayslake car crash
A teenager was killed and an elderly woman was injured in a car crash on Monday afternoon in far north suburban Grayslake.
Police said, around 2:15 p.m., a black Volkswagen was heading east on Washington Street, when it hit a Toyota SUV headed west on Washington and trying to turn south onto Atkinson Road.
The Volkswagen collided with a traffic light pole after the crash.
Both drivers were taken to hospitals. The 19-year-old man driving the Volkswagen was pronounced dead at Advocate Condell Medical Center. The 86-year-old woman driving the Toyota was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The cause of the crash was under investigation Monday evening.
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