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(MARENGO) A man and a woman were killed in a crash Thursday afternoon in northwest suburban Marengo.
Matthew J. Lange, 35, was driving a vehicle southbound on Millstream Road and onto Route 176 at 3:12 p.m. when it collided with a vehicle driven on Route 176 by 29-year-old Katie L. Kloess, according to the McHenry County coroner’s office.
Lange, who lived in Genoa, was pronounced dead at the scene at 3:40 p.m., the coroner’s office said. An autopsy found he died from blunt force injuries to his head, spine and abdomen.
Kloess, who lived in Marengo, was also dead at the scene, according to the coroner’s office. An autopsy revealed she died from blunt force trauma to the head.
The crash remains under investigation Friday morning by the coroner’s office and the McHenry County Sheriff’s Accident Investigation Unit.