Police, firefighters and paramedics from Hoffman Estates responded about 7:10 p.m. Friday, February 13, 2026 to a report of a devastating single-vehicle fatal crash on Barrington Road north of Ascension Saint Alexius Hospital in Hoffman Estates. A vehicle, which was unrecognizable after the crash, was split in pieces and wrapped around a large utility pole. A female driver was pronounced dead at the scene.
According to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office, a 25 year-old female resident of Lake Zurich was pronounced dead about 7:40 p.m.
Barrington Road was closed in both directions between Bode Road and Illinois Route 72 (Higgins Rd.) during an extended crash investigation by the Major Case Assistance Team Serious Traffic Accident Reconstruction (MCAT-STAR) team. Access to the hospital from Barrington Road to Ascension Saint Alexius Hospital in Hoffman Estates was obstructed, but there was no notification on the Village of Hoffman Estates Facebook page, and there was no notification on the Village of Hoffman Estates Police Department Facebook page.
Hoffman Estates firefighters, paramedics and police officers worked at the scene of the fatal crash at Barrington Road near the Cook County Forest Preserve Barrington Road Pond Driveway in and near Hoffman Estates, where hospital access was blocked, and traffic on Barrington Road in Hoffman Estates was obstructed for several hours.
The information in this article is an early report published before any summary information was confirmed or released by police or fire authorities.
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