1 dead, 2 injured after crash in Lake County

A collision between a tractor-trailer and a passenger vehicle Thursday morning in Lake County left a 19-year-old driver dead and two teenage passengers critically injured.

Officers with the Lake County Sheriff's Department were dispatched to the intersection of West 181st Avenue and Harrison Street around 11:45 a.m. after receiving reports of an accident. According to an investigation, the car was traveling north on Harrison Street and attempting to turn west onto 181st Avenue when it collided with a tractor-trailer traveling east.

The driver of the passenger vehicle was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said. Two backseat passengers, ages 14 and 15, were flown to Chicago hospitals with life-threatening injuries.

The 67-year-old driver of the semi-trailer was not injured in the accident.

The Lake County Sheriff's Office Crash Reconstruction Team is investigating the incident to determine the cause of the collision.