Wonder Lake woman identified as victim in Thursday’s fatal McHenry crash

Investigation into fatal crash ongoing

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Wonder Lake resident Gabrielle Zywiec was identified Monday by the Lake County Coroner’s Office as the victim in Thursday’s fatal car crash at Route 120 and Curran Road in McHenry.

Zywiec was a passenger in a black 2006 Ford Crown Victoria driven by 19-year-old Emmet J. Zywiec, also of Wonder Lake, when the crash took place.

According to McHenry police, the Ford was heading east on Route 120 when its operator disobeyed a red light and continued into the intersection, where it collided with a gray 2012 Hyundai Veloster attempting a left turn to travel south on Curran Road.

The collision caused the Ford to leave the roadway and rest upright in a drainage ditch on the southeast corner of the intersection

The teen was issued two tickets after the crash, one for disobeying a traffic control signal and the other for operating an uninsured vehicle, according to a news release Friday.

Emmet Zywiec did not report having any injuries, and was given a court date of July 26. There were no signs of drug or alcohol use contributing to the crash, police have said.

Gabrielle Zywiec died Friday at Advocate Condell Medical Center in Lake County. A preliminary autopsy shows she died of multiple blunt force injuries as a result of the crash, the Lake County Coroner’s Office said.

The investigation into the death is ongoing, the coroner’s office said.