Five Crash North of Huntley Saturday

From the Sheriff:

Five-Vehicle Crash near Huntley

Multiple people were injured following a crash in unincorporated Huntley on Saturday, May 3

On Saturday, May 3, 2025, at 4:29 p.m., members of the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office, Lakewood Police Department, Huntley Police Department, Huntley Fire Protection District, Algonquin Lake in the Hills Fire Protection District, and Woodstock Fire/Rescue District responded to a five-vehicle crash near the intersection of Route 47 and Foster Road involving injuries.

Preliminary investigation indicates that a non-involved vehicle was waiting to turn left into a
private driveway in the southbound lane of Route 47, north of Foster Road.

A 2024 Honda CR-V and a 2016 Hyundai Veloster were slowing or had stopped behind the non-involved vehicle.

A 2017 Toyota Tacoma, traveling southbound on Illinois Route 47, struck the rear end of the Honda, which caused the Honda to hit the Hyundai.

Due to the impact, the Toyota entered the northbound lane of Route 47 striking a 2020 Kia Niro and hitting a 2015 Mitsubishi Outlander head-on.

Both the Kia Niro and Mitsubishi Outlander were traveling in the northbound lane of Route 47.

A 27-year-old Pingree Grove woman, driving the Mitsubishi, was transported to Northwestern Medicine Huntley Hospital with serious injuries.

A 55-year-old Pingree Grove woman, passenger of the Mitsubishi, was transported to Northwestern Medicine Huntley Hospital and later transported to Advocate Condell Medical Center with life-threatening injuries.

A 35-year-old male and 2-year-old male, the driver and passenger in the Toyota, were transported to
Advocate Sherman Hospital in Elgin and later released.

Six other people were evaluated and released on scene.

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