Motorcyclist dies after crash near Antioch

ANTIOCH – Lake County Sheriff’s traffic crash investigators are investigating a fatal motorcycle crash Sept. 9 near Antioch.

About 2:20 p.m., Lake County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a traffic crash with injuries at Lake and Hillcrest avenues in unincorporated Antioch, according to a news release.

A Harley-Davidson motorcycle, driven by Mark Basil, 60, of Salem, Wisconsin, was traveling south on Lake Avenue approaching Hillcrest Avenue while a Volkswagen Tiguan, driven by a 29-year-old Antioch woman, was traveling north on Lake Avenue. The Volkswagen driver made a left turn onto Hillcrest Avenue, directly in front of the motorcycle. The motorcyclist was unable to avoid a collision and struck the Volkswagen, police said.

The Harley-Davidson driver was thrown from the motorcycle and over the Volkswagen upon impact. Both he and the driver of the Volkswagen were taken to Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville with what were described as injuries that were not life-threatening, according to the release.

On Sept. 10, the sheriff’s office received news that the driver of the Harley-Davidson had died, likely because of injuries suffered in the crash. The crash investigation was turned over to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office Technical Crash Investigations Team.

The Lake County Coroner’s Office was notified Sept. 10 that the driver of the motorcycle had been pronounced deceased at Advocate Condell Medical Center.

Preliminary results of the coroner’s investigation indicate Basil died from blunt force injuries as a result of the crash, according to the release.