CHICAGO, IL – An 85-year-old woman died last weekend in the hospital after suffering multiple injuries from a car accident involving a semi-tractor trailer in Lake Zurich, Illinois. The medical examiner said she died at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge last Sunday.
On March 23, the Lake Zurich Police Department and the Lake Zurich Fire/Rescue Department responded to a crash around 8:30 AM on Route 12 and Cuba Road.
Eugina Economos was trapped inside her vehicle and it took firefighters 13 minutes to free her, according to Lake Zurich’s Deputy Fire Chief John Kelly.
Economos hit the rear semi-truck when it was traveling southbound on Route 12 through the intersection. The impact of the crash caused Economos Saturn passenger vehicle to slide into a pole.
She suffered upper and lower extremity injuries, including a head injury.
