New Lenox, IL : Driver dies after crashing vehicle into New Lenox pond on Tuesday, 6th November 2018

A man died after crashing a vehicle into a pond Monday night across the street from the police department in southwest suburban New Lenox.

The vehicle drove into the pond at 8:49 p.m. in the New Lenox Commons area, directly in front of the police department, 200 Veterans Parkway, according to a statement from New Lenox Police Deputy Chief Louis Alessandrini.

Officers who were nearby when the crash occurred jumped into the water and tried to pull out the driver, 49-year-old Andrew R. Jurvich, according to police and the Will County coroner’s office.

Fire department divers arrived and removed Jurvich, the only occupant, from the submerged vehicle, Alessandrini said.

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