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A driver who was killed in a two-vehicle crash on Wednesday in Lockport Township has been identified by the Will County Coroner’s Office.
Shane Walker, 29, of Lockport, was pronounced dead at 8:36 a.m. on Wednesday following the head-on crash on Route 171, south of Riley Avenue in Lockport Township, according to the coroner’s office.
An autopsy performed on Thursday revealed Walker suffered multiple injuries in the crash, the coroner’s office said.
The coroner’s office will issue a final ruling on the cause and manner of Walker’s death at a later date.
The Illinois State Police is investigating the crash.
About 6:30 a.m. on Wednesday, troopers went to the crash involving a 2010 Chevrolet Equinox driven by Walker and a Dodge Ram 1500 truck driven by a 75-year-old man from Plainfield, according to state police.
Walker’s Chevrolet Equinox was traveling south on Route 171 in Lockport when for “unknown reasons,” his vehicle crossed the center lane divider and entered the northbound lanes, police said.
The front of Walker’s vehicle struck the front of the Dodge Ram head on, police said.
Walker was pronounced dead on the scene. The 75-year-old driver of the Dodge Ram was taken to a hospital with serious injuries, police said.
Police had no further information on Thursday on the condition of the 75-year-old man.