Female, Age 85, Killed in Fatal Rollover Crash on Quentin Rd South of Glencoe Rd Palatine

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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
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.
Fatal crash on Quentin Road near Hillside Street in Palatine Monday, October 30, 2023.
Fatal crash on Quentin Road near Hillside Street in Palatine Monday, October 30, 2023.

The Cook County Medical Examiners Office disclosed Tuesday morning that the driver killed in a crash at Quentin Road and Hillside Street was an 85 year-old woman and a resident of Palatine. The driver’s identity was not initially released.

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
The driver of a white Lexus sedan was pronounced dea at the scene on Quentin Road in Palatine, Monday, October 30, 2023.

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.

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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
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.

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A wood streetlight pole with a street sign snapped at the southwest corner of Quentin Road and Hillside Street in Palatine, October 30, 2023
A wood streetlight pole with a street sign snapped at the southwest corner of Quentin Road and Hillside Street in Palatine, October 30, 2023.

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
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.




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