Joliet, IL (June 8, 2025) — A fatal crash Friday evening, June 6, left a 67-year-old man dead and a 75-year-old woman critically injured after their Jeep Grand Cherokee collided with multiple trees and overturned in a Joliet neighborhood.
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The Joliet Police Department responded to the 1100 block of Westminster Road around 5:57 p.m. after receiving reports of a serious vehicle crash.
According to police, the Jeep had been heading north on Westminster Road from Clara Avenue when the driver lost control. The vehicle veered off the roadway, struck several trees, rolled over, and came to a stop in the front yard of a nearby home.
Emergency crews from the Joliet Fire Department arrived on the scene and extricated both occupants from the wreckage. The male driver showed no signs of life and was pronounced dead at the scene by the Will County Coroner’s Office. The woman, who was riding as a passenger, was rushed to Ascension Saint Joseph Medical Center in critical condition.
Police closed off the roadway for a period while traffic investigators conducted a full reconstruction of the crash.
The driver’s identity and the official cause of death will be released pending an investigation by the coroner’s office. Authorities are asking anyone with surveillance footage or information related to the crash to contact the Joliet Police Department’s Traffic Unit at 815-724-3193.
We want to offer our sincere condolences to the family of the deceased victim.
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