BEACH PARK, Ill. (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- A four vehicle crash Friday in Beach Park left one person dead and two children critically injured.
The two children, an 11-year-old boy and a 13-year-old boy both of Zion, were not wearing seatbelts and the adult who was driving the car, a 49-year-old man also of Zion, was killed, according to a news release by the Lake County Sheriff's office.
Lake County Sheriff's Police responded to Green Bay road north of Wadsworth Road in Beach Park for a crash about 6:45 p.m. Friday night and found four vehicles were involved.
Preliminary investigation shows a 2017 Jeep Patriot, driven by a 50-year-old woman of Zion, was traveling northbound on Green Bay Road. The driver of the jeep was passing a tow truck, which was towing a semi-tractor. The driver of the jeep was illegally passing the tow truck and was traveling northbound in the southbound lanes of traffic, police said.
The news release also states that the jeep collided head-on with a southbound 2014 Kia Soul, which had the now deceased man and two children in it. This caused the Jeep to rotate and strike the tow truck, driven by a 35-year-old man of Kenosha, Wisconsin.
A Ford Explorer, driven by a 58-year-old woman of Zion, was traveling southbound on Green Bay Road, directly behind the Kia, and the jeep also collided with the Ford.
The crash remains under investigation.
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