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Victim in fatal Antioch crash identified

Editor's note: This story was updated to correct the spelling of the victim's name from Bomke to Bonke.

A Waukegan resident was identified as the man killed in an Antioch crash Sunday morning, authorities said.

Scott Bonke, 45, was identified by officials with the Lake County Coroner's Office as the victim of the crash that left two others injured on Route 173.

According to police, Bonke was behind the wheel of a pickup truck at 10:15 a.m. when it collided with a van at Eagle Ridge Drive.

The impact caused the truck to roll over, killing Bonke, authorities said.

The crash remains under investigation by the Antioch Police Department and Lake County Major Crash Assistance Team.

The driver and passenger in the van were taken to area hospitals for treatment of nonlife threatening injuries, according to police.

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