A passenger who jumped from a moving vehicle Sunday near Antioch, sustaining numerous injuries, was still in critical condition Monday, according to authorities.
Police said that at approximately 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office responded to a traffic crash with injuries on North Lake Avenue, in the area of Route 173 in unincorporated Lake County.
An initial investigation revealed that a 2003 Chevrolet Tahoe, occupied by the driver and a front-seat passenger, was traveling northbound on North Lake Avenue, north of Route 173, when the front-seat passenger, a male in his 30s, opened the passenger side door and exited the vehicle, according to sheriff’s officials.
Due to the extent of the passenger’s injuries, he was transported via Flight for Life to Advocate Condell Medical Center.
The crash remains under investigation by the Lake County Sheriff’s Technical Crash Investigations Unit and Criminal Investigations Division.
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