Driver seriously injured in single-vehicle crash Friday night in Wauconda

Wauconda police are just now releasing details of a single-vehicle crash Friday night that left the driver with life-threatening injuries.

The crash occurred around 8:45 p.m. on the 30000 block of North Fairfield Road, about 1,500 feet north of the Gilmer Road intersection, police said.

Authorities said a 59-year-old man was driving north on Fairfield in a 2014 Dodge Ram 1500 and left the road, went onto a gravel shoulder and careened into a wooded area where the vehicle struck brambles and landed upside down.

The driver was taken to Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville. His current condition is unknown.

Police believe the driver, whom they have not named, likely was impaired after finding multiple open alcohol containers inside the vehicle.

The crash remains under investigation, and charges are pending, police said.