Man accidently run over, killed in Beach Park
BEACH PARK, Ill. (CBS) -- Lake County Sheriff's Deputies are investigating a crash that left one man dead in Beach Park Sunday morning.
The crash happened around 4:20 a.m near Lewis Avenue and Hickory Drive.
Deputies responded to a vehicle versus pedestrian traffic crash and found a man dead on the scene.
Preliminary investigation shows a Volvo S40, driven by a 28-year-old woman from Waukegan, was traveling southbound on Lewis Avenue. The man was lying down in the southbound lanes of Lewis Avenue, but it is not clear why.
The driver of the Volvo did not see the man and ran him over, authorities said.
Crash investigators are working to determine the man's identity and investigate why he may have been in the road.
The Lake County Coroner's Office is scheduling an autopsy. The crash remains under investigation by the Lake County Sheriff's Office Technical Crash Investigations Unit.