Pedestrian struck, killed by McHenry driver on Route 12 is identified

A driver from McHenry struck a pedestrian who later died of his injuries, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office reported.

The crash happened about 9 p.m. Wednesday along Route 12 near Wauconda. The 68-year-old driver was heading north in a Toyota when “for an unknown reason, it appears the pedestrian was attempting to cross Route 12 on foot. The driver of the Toyota did not see the man, and struck him,” police said in a news release.

The pedestrian, a 39-year-old man from Arlington Heights, was found by first responders critically wounded and without a pulse, but a sheriff’s deputy performed CPR on the man and he regained consciousness, according to the release. However, the man was later pronounced dead at Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital near Barrington.

The Lake County Coroner’s Office later Thursday identified the pedestrian who died as Pablo Campuzano-Reynoso of Arlington Heights. An autopsy conducted Thursday determined he died from blunt force injuries sustained in the crash.

The Toyota driver was not injured, and the crash was under investigation by the Lake County Sheriff’s Office Technical Crash Investigations Team.