A Wisconsin man and woman were killed Thursday near Wadsworth when their vehicle collided with a semi, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office said.
The crash happened at about 7:50 a.m. on Illinois Route 173, west of the Wadsworth Road intersection, police said.
The vehicle driver, a 51-year-old man, and his passenger, a 45-year-old woman, both of Stoughton, Wisconsin, were headed east on Route 173 in a 2009 Acura sedan. Witnesses told police that it appeared the man was having trouble staying in his lane, and his car drifted into the opposite lane.
The car then crashed head-on with a semi-truck carrying a 35,000-pound load in its trailer.
A Salem, Wisconsin, woman driving a van then struck the Acura. She was brought to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
The man and woman were pronounced dead at the scene, police said. Their identities have not yet been released.
The semi driver, an Evergreen Park man, was not injured. The cause of the crash remains under investigation, police said.
