January 22, 2023

Serious Traffic Crash

A 17-year-old Algonquin female is in serious condition, and four other teenagers were hospitalized, following a single-vehicle crash in unincorporated Grafton Township.

On January 21, 2023, at 08:56 p.m., members of the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office, Lakewood Police Department, Crystal Lake Fire Protection District, Woodstock Fire Protection District, and Huntley Fire Protection District responded to the 11100 block of Conley Road for a single-vehicle roll over traffic crash.   

Preliminary investigation indicated that a 2013 Infiniti G37 was traveling west on Conley Road when it passed another vehicle traveling west in a no passing zone. The Infiniti then left the roadway to the north where it rolled over and crashed through a fence and into a field.    

The driver of the Infiniti, a 17-year-old Algonquin man, the 17-year-old female, and three other teenagers were all transported by ambulance to Northwestern Hospitals in Huntley and Woodstock. The female was later transported to Advocate Lutheran General in Libertyville where she remains in serious condition. 

The investigation is ongoing by the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office Major Traffic Crash Investigation Unit.

2013 Infiniti G37

Driver- male, 17, Algonquin 

Passenger- male, 16, Dundee

Passenger- male, 16, Carpentersville 

Passenger-female, 17, Algonquin

Passenger-female, 18, Carpentersville 

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