Man on motorized bike dies after hitting parked car
Posted July 29, 2014 1:00 am
A 52-year-old man died Sunday night after his motorized bicycle struck a parked car in Waukegan.
Jeffrey McLaren, 52, of Waukegan, had been driving a motorized pedal bicycle north around 9:15 p.m. Sunday when he hit a parked car in the 600 block of Hickory Street, according to Waukegan police.
Initial toxicology reports showed that McLaren's blood alcohol content level was over the legal threshold, and he had marijuana in his system, according to police. He was not wearing a helmet at the time of the incident.
McLaren was pronounced dead at Vista Medical Center East.
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