On September 9, 2025, at about 11:15 a.m. the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office, McHenry Police Department and McHenry Fire Protection District responded to a two-vehicle crash in the 2500 block of Ringwood Road, south of Martin Road, in unincorporated McHenry.
A 2020 Ford Explorer was traveling northbound on Ringwood Road when a 2013 Toyota Highlander, traveling southbound, entered the northbound lane and struck the Explorer head-on.
The driver and sole occupant of the Highlander, a 77-year-old man from McHenry, was transported to Northwestern Hospital in McHenry where he was pronounced deceased.
The driver of the Explorer, a 32-year-old woman from Wonder Lake, and two juvenile children were also transported to Northwestern Hospital in McHenry with non-life-threatening injuries.
The crash remains under investigation by McHenry County Sheriff’s Office Major Crash Investigation Unit.
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