A 20-year-old man from Waukegan, Illinois, involved in a pursuit on the Indiana Toll Road with deputies from the Lake County Sheriff’s Department Friday struck a car holding a family of four head-on, police said.
The man was transported to a hospital with potentially life-threatening injuries and the family was taken to a hospital for evaluation, according to a release from Lake County Sheriff Oscar Martinez Jr.
Just before 2:10 on Feb. 16, police officers with the Lake County Sheriff’s Department began pursuing the driver of a sedan for traffic violations. The pursuit started on northbound Interstate 65 and continued onto the Indiana Toll Road heading west.
At the state line, officers attempted a maneuver to safely stop the vehicle, but the driver managed to get away. He began driving the wrong way on the Toll Road into oncoming traffic, eventually striking another passenger car head-on.
The suspect’s vehicle was reported stolen from Chicago. The driver also is suspected of fleeing from Hobart police just before Friday’s pursuit.
Investigation into the crash is ongoing.
