Man dies after crash on Quentin Road in Kildeer

A 27-year-old man pulled from his sport utility vehicle just before it burst into flames Monday morning in Kildeer has died, authorities say.

The man was driving about 6:30 a.m. on Quentin Road near Hidden Valley Road when he struck a tree, Kildeer Police Chief Steve Balinski said.

A Kildeer officer arriving at the scene saw a man, who had broken out a window of the crashed Nissan Murano, pulling the driver from his vehicle. The fire started soon after.

The officer and a police officer from Lake Zurich tried to resuscitate the man until Lake Zurich firefighters arrived, Balinski said.

Investigators have not determined whether a medical problem or another vehicle caused the driver to crash, Balinski said. The Lake County coroner's office will perform an autopsy.

Quentin Road was shut down until about 10:30 a.m. while police investigated.