An off-duty sergeant with the Cook County sheriff’s office was killed Sunday in a single-vehicle crash in west suburban Elgin after suffering an apparent medical emergency.
The man drove south in the northbound lanes of the 1100 block of Dundee Avenue and struck a utility police, Elgin police said.
Authorities responded about 4:30 p.m. and took him to Sherman Hospital, where he died, police said. A passenger in the same car was uninjured.
The sheriff’s office said the man had a “serious medical condition” and suffered a “fatal medical emergency.”
“We are shaken by this loss and our hearts go out to his family,” the sheriff’s office said.
The Kane County coroner’s office has not released details about the death.
