Driver killed Sunday when SUV strikes concrete barrier in Green Oaks

Authorities are investigating a fatal single-vehicle crash early Sunday along Route 137 in Green Oaks.

According to Lake County sheriff’s police, deputies called to the scene at about 4:10 a.m. arrived to find a Ford Explorer that had struck a concrete barrier in the center median, just east of the interstate.

The driver and sole occupant of the SUV, a 29-year-old Waukegan man, was unresponsive in the vehicle. He was taken to an area hospital and pronounced dead shortly after arriving, sheriff’s police said.

A preliminary investigation indicates the Ford was traveling west on Route 137 when for unknown reasons it drifted onto the center median and hit a raised concrete barrier.

The man’s identity was not disclosed. The Lake County Coroner’s Office is scheduling an autopsy.

The crash remains under investigation by the Lake County Sheriff’s Office’s Technical Crash Investigations Team.