Mundelein woman suffers severe head injury in scooter crash

A 65-year-old Mundelein woman suffered severe head injuries after she fell off her scooter and landed on a spike in a railroad tie Wednesday afternoon, authorities said.

The woman, whose identity has not been released, was driving a 2009 Motofino Scooter and was leaving a parking lot on the 26200 block of North Route 83 near Mundelein when she drove slightly off the pavement and fell, according to Lake County sheriff's Sgt. Christopher Covelli.

Covelli said the woman's head struck a spike on a wooden railroad tie next to the parking lot.

The woman was rushed to Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville and remains in "grave" condition, Covelli said.

The crash remains under investigation