VOLO, IL : Alcohol factored into wrong-way crash that left 3 seriously hurt in Volo on Sunday, 21st January 2024

A wrong-way crash left three people seriously injured Sunday night in suburban Volo.

A 24-year-old man was driving a Ford Mustang northbound in the southbound lanes of Route 12 around 8:15 p.m. when he struck a Mitsubishi Outlander, according to the Lake County Sheriff's Office.

The driver of the Misubishi, a 36-year-old woman from Deerfield, suffered a fractured spine and brain bleeding. The driver of the Ford also suffered "serious injuries," officials said. A 23-year-old man who was in the front seat of the Ford was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash. He was unable to feel his legs after the collision.

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