A two-vehicle crash Saturday in near northwest suburban Norridge that killed one person also sent three others to the hospital.
Liam Carolan, 21, of 5358 N. Cumberland Ave., was killed in a motor vehicle crash at the intersection of North Harlem Avenue and West Irving Park Road in Norridge, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office. The two-vehicle accident occurred about 4:20 a.m. Saturday morning when a Hyundai Santa Fe struck a Jeep, according to Norridge police.
Carolan was a passenger in the rear seat of the Jeep, and was transported to Resurrection Medical Center in Chicago, police said. Pronouncement information was not available Saturday morning, according to a spokesman from the Medical Examiner’s office.
The two other men in the Jeep, thought to be in their 20s, were transported to Gottleib Memorial Hospital in Melrose Park and were treated and released, police said.
A woman from the Hyundai Santa Fe was transported to Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, and was treated and released, police said.
Carolan graduated from Taft High School in Chicago in 2007 and joined the U.S. Army in 2008, according to information on his Facebook page.
A cause for the crash remained undetermined Sunday morning, and it was not immediately clear if speed, alcohol, drugs or other factors played a role in the crash, police said.
Accident reconstructionists from the Park Ridge Police Department are assisting Norridge Police in the investigation.