Sheriff: Island Lake man killed by hit-and-run driver

Authorities are searching for the driver of a vehicle who drove away after striking and killing a 24-year-old Island Lake man as he walked along a road Friday night.

The man was walking with a group of people in the 4300 block of Roberts Road near Island Lake when a white vehicle struck him at about 10:48 p.m. Friday, according to the McHenry County sheriff’s office.

The force of the impact caused the man to be thrown into a ditch, officials said. He was taken from the scene to Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital in North Barrington, where he was pronounced dead.

The Lake County Coroner’s Office identified the victim as Austin Stanek of Island Lake and determined he died as a result of blunt force injuries suffered in the crash.

The vehicle failed to stop after the crash, but debris from its front and right side were found on the scene and collected as evidence, authorities said.

An investigation led by the McHenry County Sheriff’s Major Traffic Crash Investigation Unit and the Lake County coroner. Anyone with information is asked to contact the sheriff’s office at (815) 338-2144.