CROWN POINT — A three-car crash on 109th Avenue on Monday morning left one person dead and two others injured.
Jeanelle Fosaugh, 52, of Bourbonnais, Ill., was traveling west on 109th Avenue just before the Interstate 65 interchange when a car traveling east on 109th Avenue crossed the solid yellow double lines into oncoming traffic and struck her vehicle head on, according to Crown Pont Police Chief Pete Land.
Fosaugh's car rolled over from the impact and wound up in an adjacent field.
The Lake County Coroner's office pronounced Fosaugh dead at the scene at 6:38 a.m. from blunt force trauma.
The vehicle that struck her car also struck a second westbound vehicle, injuring that motorist as well.
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