(WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- Two men are dead after a wrong-way crash in Lake County early Monday.
It happened just after 4 a.m. on northbound Route 41 near Stearns School Road in unincorporated Gurnee.
According to the Lake County Sheriff's Office, a 32-year-old man from Grayslake was speeding and driving the wrong way in a Nissan Altima when he crashed head-on into a Ford Edge driven by a 54-year-old man from North Chicago.
The Nissan caught fire, and the driver died at the scene.
The driver of the Ford suffered critical injuries and died after being transported to a hospital, officials said.
An investigation continues.
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