Two dead, two injured after four-vehicle crash Sunday night near Elgin

Two people were killed and two others were injured in a four-vehicle crash Sunday night near Elgin.

The crash began with a vehicle attempting to avoid hitting a deer, according to investigators at the Kane County sheriff’s office.

Sheriff’s deputies and Pingree Grove Countryside Fire Protection District firefighters and paramedics were dispatched to the 39W900 block of Plank Road near Elgin just before 9:45 p.m.

Fire officials said multiple people were trapped in vehicles, one of which was on fire, requiring extrication.

Two people were pronounced dead at the scene and two patients were transported to nearby trauma centers by helicopters. Two people were treated and released at the scene, fire officials said. Earlier reports indicated more people were injured.

Investigators from the Kane County sheriff’s office closed Plank Road at Switzer Road for nearly 12 hours.

Investigators said the 18-year-old driver of a red Ford F150 headed west on Plank Road swerved to avoid striking a deer. The driver struck the deer as he veered into oncoming traffic, narrowly missing a landscaping truck, but striking a white GMC Sierra head-on.

After striking the Sierra, the F150 was struck by a red Dodge Ram. The F150 caught fire with the driver still trapped inside.

Rescuers broke out the driver’s side window of the F150 to remove the driver, who sustained multiple fractures and serious burns, according to a sheriff’s office press release.

The driver of the F150, identified as Vance Peterson, was flown by helicopter to Loyola Medical Center in Maywood.

The driver of Sierra was also flown to Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove. He was identified as 22-year-old Yahir Porcayo-Porcayo.

Two passengers in the Sierra were pronounced dead at the scene. They were identified as 31-year-old Erick Garcia-Porcayo and 25-year-old Rosalio Porcayo-Porcayo.

The drivers of the landscaping vehicle and Ram refused transport, authorities said.