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2 people dead after crash in Elwood

Oswego Police are warning people to avoid the area around the 400 block of Blue Ridge Drive after receiving a report of individuals damaging windows and vehicles and possibly waving a gun.

Two people died in a two-vehicle crash that occurred Dec. 18 in the 1700 block of Manhattan Road in Elwood.

Joshua M. Villalobos, 35, of Elwood, the driver of one of the vehicles, was pronounced dead at 6:01 p.m. Thursday at Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox, according to the office of Will County Coroner Laurie H. Summer.

A passenger in the second vehicle, Diane Hopkins, 64 of Oak Harbor, Ohio, was pronounced dead at 7:38 p.m. Thursday at Silver Cross Hospital, the coroner’s office said.

Autopsies were performed Dec. 19. Their final cause and manner of death will be determined after an autopsy is performed and after police and toxicological reports, the coroner’s office said.

Judy Harvey

Judy Harvey

News editor for The Herald-News. More than 30 years as a journalist in community news in Will County and the greater Chicago region.