A driver died after her car went into a ditch in Homer Township on Wednesday.
The Will County County Coroner’s office reported that Joanne Bryja, a 30-year-old woman from Palos Park, was declared dead at Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox on Wednesday, about two hours after being found by first responders.
The Will County Sheriff’s Office said deputies were dispatched about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday to Cedar Road and Chicago Bloomington Trail in Homer Township to investigate a crashed vehicle.
Deputies found a vehicle in the ditch on the west side of Cedar Road, according to the sheriff’s office. Crews from the Homer Fire Protection District already were on the scene when the deputies arrived and were providing emergency medical aid to the driver, who then was taken to Silver Cross, according to the sheriff’s office.
Bryja succumbed to her injuries and was pronounced dead at the hospital at 6:33 p.m., the coroner’s office said.
The sheriff’s office still is investigating the crash. Still, preliminary reports suggest the vehicle was traveling south on Cedar Road when it left the roadway, rolled over and the driver was ejected, police said.
More information will be made available as police continue their investigation and results from an autopsy and toxicology reports are finalized.
“The Will County Sheriff’s Office extends our deepest condolences to the family and loved ones of the victim during this difficult time,” the police said in a statement on Facebook.