Steger, IL – A Beecher man died Monday morning following a motor vehicle crash on Illinois Route 394, south of Steger Road, authorities confirmed.
According to the Lake County Coroner’s Office, 29-year-old Elliot Cruz-Cobos was pronounced dead at 8:40 a.m. Monday at Franciscan Health Dyer, where his family later positively identified him. Officials were first notified of the incident at 8:15 a.m.
The crash occurred near the 31900 block of South Ashland Avenue. A forensic autopsy conducted later that day at the Lake County Forensic Center determined that Cruz-Cobos died of multiple blunt force traumatic injuries. The death was ruled accidental and caused by a motor vehicle accident.
Emergency response teams from the Illinois State Police and the Sauk Village Fire Department assisted at the scene.
The investigation into the circumstances surrounding the crash is ongoing.
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