![A Lexus sedan wrecked after the driver was killed while involved in a single-vehicle crash with a wood streetlight pole and a house on the west side of Quentin Road in Palatine, Monday, October 30, 2023](https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/C06303DE-6488-4B08-A986-540EBC2FF2AF.jpeg)
![Fatal crash on Quentin Road near Hillside Street in Palatine Monday, October 30, 2023.](https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/8450312C-B966-40BB-AA18-07A11C4A23E1.jpeg)
Police, firefighters and paramedics from Palatine responded about 2:55 p.m. Monday, October 30, 2023 to a report of a rollover crash with ejection at Quentin Road and Hillside Street in Palatine. The Palatine Police Department confirmed that the crash involved a single vehicle that struck multiple fixed objects, and killed the driver, who was the sole occupant of the vehicle.
Police, firefighters in paramedics on arrival, discovered a vehicle facing southbound in the front yard of a house on the west side of Quentin Road near the intersection of Quentin Road and Hillside Street.
Firefighter/paramedics pronounced one person deceased at the scene. No other injuries were reported at the scene. A neighbor indicated that her husband witnessed the crash and/or the immediate aftermath of the crash, and he said the driver of the wrecked car was a young girl.
![The driver of a white Lexus sedan was pronounced dea at the scene on Quentin Road in Palatine, Monday, October 30, 2023](https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/6B0E94CE-05B9-4D8D-862E-8BB4B3A96035.jpeg)
Firefighters also checked for hazards and discovered a power line down and/or a problem with electrical equipment nearby. ComEd was requested to respond to the scene, and they were on the scene mainly working on Hillside Street west of Quentin Road. At 4:30 p.m. ComEd reported no power outages in the neighborhood of the crash scene.
A single-family home was struck near the front door, but the house was not rendered uninhabitable.
Southbound Quentin Road was closed to thru-traffic at Palatine Road. Quentin Road has an absolute closure in both directions between Glencoe Road and Kenilworth Avenue.
Major Case Assistance Team – Serious Traffic Accident Reconstruction (MCAT-STAR) investigators began setting up for an extended crash investigation within an hour after the crash occurred. The MCAT-STAR investigators are assisting Palatine Police Department investigators.
![A Halloween decoration deflated after a crash caused the destruction of the front porch of a home and a white Lexus sedan, and the death of its driver on Monday, October 30, 2023](https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/B45670B5-5295-4CB2-90B6-0E6ECB996995.jpeg)
![A wood streetlight pole with a street sign snapped at the southwest corner of Quentin Road and Hillside Street in Palatine, October 30, 2023](https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/9EC86ED3-5697-469A-95A6-36C97BCD11CF.jpeg)
The information in this article is an early report published before complete summary information was confirmed or released by police or fire authorities.
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![Google traffic map at 4:44 p.m. Monday, October 30, 2023 at Quentin Road and Hillside Street in Palatine where a female driver was killed](https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/93BC60C8-A1A1-4B5A-9C60-C0EDF34EC82D.jpeg)
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