A 73-year-old woman from Wilmette and a 21-month -old infant from Lake County were identified as the two people killed in a major car crash in the north suburbs Saturday which left a busy intersection on Route 41 closed for hours as an investigation remains ongoing.
The two-car crash occured about 3:02 p.m. at the intersection of Route 41 and Park Avenue West in Highland Park, officials said. As emergency responders arrived on the scene, they found two heavily damaged cars and multiple victims, two of whom were unconscious and not breathing.
A preliminary investigation revealed a 2026 Hyundai Sonata was traveling northbound on Skokie Valley Road when it struck a 2006 Toyota Sienna that was turning southbound onto Skokie Valley from westbound Park…