The Brief
- A 49-year-old Streamwood man died after his vehicle left the roadway and crashed into the Van Patten Woods Forest Preserve in unincorporated Zion.
- The driver was identified as Arkadius Knych, who was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Lake County Coroner’s Office.
- An autopsy determined Knych suffered a cardiac event that caused the crash. No other injuries were reported.
ZION – A man died after suffering an apparent cardiac event that caused him to crash his vehicle into a forest preserve in unincorporated Zion, authorities said.
Fatal crash at forest preserve
The backstory:
The Lake County Sheriff’s Office and the Newport Fire Protection District responded about 1:15 p.m. Wednesday to the Van Patten Woods Forest Preserve parking lot in the 15705 block of West Russell Road for a report of an unresponsive person.
Deputies arrived to find a vehicle that had left the roadway, traveled through thick brush and a small tree line, and came to rest inside the forest preserve.…