Kankakee, IL : Three person were killed another was injued in a one-vehicle wreck at Illinois Route 113 On Monday, May 23rd, 2016

A one-vehicle wreck on Illinois Route 113 claimed the life of a man Monday night, bringing the number of fatal wrecks this year closer to an all-time high.

The victim, who has not being identified, was driving a Chevy Trailblazer when he lost control of the vehicle and hit a tree somewhere between 3000W and 4000W roads, according to Kankakee County Coroner Bob Gessner.

Gessner said the man was driving south when the fatal crash left his SUV rolled over in a cornfield. The man was pinned inside the vehicle and was pronounced dead at 7:15 p.m. An autopsy is scheduled for today.

Police and emergency personnel were called to the scene shortly before 7 p.m., of what became the third fatal crash in just over 24 hours in the county and second on Illinois 113.

Three of those fatalities occurred in a one-vehicle crash on U.S. Route 45/52 near the 308 exit of Interstate 57 on the south side of Kankakee on Monday morning. The wreck was discovered at 5 a.m. and might have been alcohol-related, though

toxicology reports won't be back for several weeks.

The driver of the car, a Nissan Altima, was Lukas Frye, 25, of Milford. The front seat passenger was Randy Gates, 56, of Kankakee. Sitting behind Frye was Eddie Sarkozi, 43, of Iroquois.

The other passenger, the only one to survive the wreck, has not been identified. He was able to get out of the car on his own and was transported to a hospital.

A day before at 5:21 p.m. on Sunday, a woman, Bridgit Bruen, 34, of Aroma Park, died when she veered into oncoming traffic along Route 113, a quarter-mile east of Tower Road, hitting a van head-on.

A week earlier on May 15, Kameron Allison, 15, was killed and his 16-year-old brother Kyuss seriously injured when their westbound vehicle on Illinois Route 17 was struck by an accused drunk driver.

As local and state police prepare for the Memorial Day weekend's annual seat belt and DUI patrol, Kankakee County already has exceeded last year's total highway fatalities. Eleven people have died so far this year, up from eight for all of 2015. In

2014, there were 12.

In a release Monday about the annual law enforcement campaign, ISP said there has been a 17 percent increase in the number of highway fatalities compared to the same time period last year.

On the same day, the National Safety Council said 439 people could be killed this weekend across the states, and an additional 50,500 might be seriously injured in crashes. Last year, about 38,000 people died on the road, according to a New

York Times article citing preliminary estimates from the National Safety Council.

The likeliest reasons for deadly crashes?

No seat belt, DUI, distracted driving and speeding, said Master Sgt. Matt Boerwinkle, chief public information officer for the Illinois State Police.

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Another fatal crash on 113