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player ready...An Antioch man was killed Sunday evening in Kildeer when a man allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol crossed the center lane and hit his vehicle head-on, authorities said.
Michael Linhart, 40, of the 100 block of Depot Street, was driving northbound on U.S. Highway 12 at Wooded Ridge Road shortly after 8 p.m. when a southbound vehicle driven by John R. Meroni, 37, of the 1300 block of Regency Lane, allegedly crossed the center line and hit the Linhart vehicle head-on, according to a press release from the Kildeer Police Department.
Linhart, who had to be extricated from his vehicle, was transported to Good Shepherd Hospital in Barrington where he was pronounced dead at 9:09 p.m., according to Lake County Chief Deputy Coroner Jim Wipper.
Meroni, who was also transported to Good Shepherd Hospital, was listed in serious condition after surgery Monday, according to a hospital spokeswoman.
Assistant State’s Atty. Matthew Chancey said on Monday that he will meet with Kildeer police in the next few days to discuss bringing reckless homicide charges against Meroni.
In an unrelated incident in which alcohol allegedly was a factor, a 50-year-old man from Savannah, Ga., was charged with aggravated DUI after his vehicle collided with the rear of another on U.S. Highway 41 near Wadsworth early Sunday, authorities said.
Stephen Tucker was held in the Lake County Jail Monday in lieu of $200,000 bond in connection with the incident, which left two Chicago residents seriously injured, according to Chancey. Details on the injuries were not available.