Crash leaves Hampshire man with life-threatening injuries

Authorities continue to investigate a two-vehicle crash Monday that left a 73-year-old Hampshire man with life-threatening injuries.

The crash occurred at about 9:27 a.m. at East Coral and South Union roads in Union, McHenry County sheriff’s police said Tuesday.

According to the sheriff’s office, a 2015 GMC Sierra was traveling eastbound on East Coral Road when it failed to stop at the stop sign at South Union and collided with a northbound 2002 Ford F350 pickup truck.

The pickup’s driver, a 73-year-old Hampshire man, was flown by helicopter to Javon Bae Hospital in Rockford with life-threatening injuries, authorities said.

The Ford’s passenger, a 16-year-old male, and the driver of the Sierra, a 17-year-old male, were taken by ambulance to Northwestern Huntley Hospital with minor injuries.

The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office Major Traffic Crash Investigation Unit is leading the investigation.