Waukegan man killed in Beach Park crash
Posted September 22, 2015 1:00 am
Authorities are investigating the cause of a fatal crash that took the life of a Waukegan man in Beach Park Monday night, officials said.
A 2002 Saturn was headed west on West Yorkhouse Road near North Avenue about 8:30 p.m. Monday when it crossed into the eastbound lanes and collided with a 2004 Dodge Ram, authorities said.
The Saturn's driver, 51-year-old Gerrit De Koning Jr. of Waukegan, was pronounced dead at Vista East Hospital in Waukegan, authorities said.
The driver of the truck sustained nonlife threatening injuries, authorities said.
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