One woman was killed and another woman was injured in a crash involving a Mazda compact SUV and a semi-tractor-trailer truck early Saturday morning on Interstate 94 WEST near Gurnee Saturday morning.
Police, firefighters, and paramedics from the Gurnee Fire Department and the Libertyville Fire Department, and state troopers from the Illinois State Police responded about 5:07 a.m. Saturday, May 23, 2026 to a report of a crash with injuries involving an SUV and a semi-trailer truck on Interstate 94 between Route 120 and O’Plaine Road near Gurnee.
Police and paramedics were informed that one vehicle was positioned sideways in lanes 1 and 2 with a victim inside that had a possible broken neck. The crash was located on I-94 WEST at the 11.75-mile marker.
Law enforcement, firefighters, and paramedics arrived to find Mazda compact SUV with severe front-end damage. A passenger in the Mazda was unresponsive with life-threatening injuries, and died from her injuries. The driver of the Mazda was transported to Level 1 Trauma Center Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville with injuries initially believed to be non-life-threatening.
There is an active investigation following the on-scene investigation. Lanes 1, 2 and 3 remained shut down for the on-scene investigation after the crash until about 10:45 a.m.
The Mazda apparently hit the center J-wall head-on after crashing with the truck.
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