18-year-old motorcyclist killed in Mount Prospect crash

An 18-year-old Mundelein man was killed Tuesday morning in a crash involving the motorcycle he was driving and two pickup trucks on a stretch of Algonquin Road in Mount Prospect.

The crash occurred about 6 a.m. near the intersection of Algonquin Road and Briarwood Drive, Mount Prospect police said. The motorcyclist, identified as Daniel Vazquez, was pronounced dead on the scene at 6:20 a.m., the Cook County medical examiner’s office reported.

Algonquin Road was closed in both directions between Dempster Street and Embers Lane until about 1 p.m., as Mount Prospect police and the Major Case Assistant Team’s Serious Traffic Accident Reconstruction Unit examined the scene.

Police said they received a 911 call about 6 a.m. When they arrived, officers found Vazquez lying in the road as good Samaritans tried to provide help. Officers attempted to render aid as well, but Vazquez had already died from his injuries.

Police said a preliminary investigation showed Vazquez, who was wearing a motorcycle helmet, was driving his motorcycle east on Algonquin Road in the median lane. The motorcycle struck the back of a gray pickup truck driven by a 19-year-old Antioch man. The truck driver, police said, was preparing to turn left into a private driveway.

A third vehicle, a white pickup truck headed east on Algonquin Road and driven by a 56-year-old Hoffman Estates woman, was also involved in the crash, police said.

The two pickup truck drivers were not injured, police said.

The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with additional information can call the Mount Prospect police department’s Major Crash Investigation Team at (847) 818-5301.