WHEELING, IL : 2 killed in Wheeling crash near Chicago Executive Airport at Wolf Road and Messner Drive on Wednesday, 30th September, 2020

Two people were killed and another seriously injured a box truck struck an SUV Wednesday morning in Wheeling.

The crash occurred about 7:30 a.m. at Wolf Road and Messner Drive.


Wheeling police said the box truck was driving east and failed to stop at the stop sign at Messner Drive and Wolf Road.

It struck an SUV driving north with such force that the vehicles crashed through a fence and came to a stop on a grassy area in Chicago Executive Airport, formerly known as Palwaukee Municipal Airport, according to Wheeling police.

Police said the passenger of the box truck was thrown from the vehicle and onto an airport runway. He was found unresponsive and pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver of the box truck was seriously injured and taken to Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge for treatment.

The driver of the SUV succumbed to the injuries he sustained in the crash and was pronounced dead, Wheeling police said.

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