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Jiffy Lube crash victim identified

Posted July 19, 2021 1:00 am

By Emmagrace Sperle Daily Herald correspondent

A 29-year-old Crystal Lake man has been identified as the Jiffy Lube employee who died Friday after he was hit by an SUV leaving the McHenry business' vehicle service bay.

Joseph Majko was taken to Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital, where he died from his injuries, the McHenry County coroner's office said in a news release Monday.

Officers and firefighters responded at 12:11 p.m. Friday to the Jiffy Lube at 1807 N. Richmond Road. The driver, a 91-year-old woman, was not injured and was released from the scene after an investigation.

The McHenry County Regional Crash Assistance Team continues to investigate. The McHenry Police Department asks anyone with information to call its criminal investigation division at (815) 363-2599. Anonymous information can be provided by calling the McHenry Police Department's tip line at (815) 363-2124, which does not use caller ID.

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