Man dies after being thrown from motorcycle, run over by semi-truck

A 31-year-old man died after being thrown off his motorcycle and was run over by a semi-truck on Route 41 near Lake Bluff Tuesday afternoon.

Brandon Lipe, of Great Lakes, was riding his motorcycle north on Route 41 near the intersection with Washington Avenue, when traffic began to slow, said Deputy Chief Christopher Covelli of the Lake County Sheriff's Office.

Police believe Lipe, who witnesses said was speeding, wasn't able to slow his motorcycle in time and crashed into a Chevy SUV. Lipe was thrown from his bike, went over the SUV and slid underneath a semi-truck. He was crushed by the wheels of the semi-truck and pronounced dead at the scene by first responders, Covelli said.

Lipe died from blunt force injuries according to an autopsy performed Wednesday by the Lake County Coroner's Office.

Lipe was a family member of an active member of the Navy and lived in an off-base community near the Great Lakes Naval Station, officials said.

The drivers of the Chevy SUV, a 40-year-old Lake Bluff woman, and the semi-truck, a 59-year-old Mundelein man, were uninjured in the crash.

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