Police: 24-year-old woman killed in Elgin crash

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A woman was killed in a two-vehicle crash early Saturday in northwest suburban Elgin.

About 1:20 a.m., a southbound Honda crossed over the median on State Street just north of Lawrence Avenue, striking a northbound Mercury, according to Elgin police.

Stephanie Gordon from Elgin was sitting in the Honda’s passenger seat and pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

The Honda’s driver, a 19-year-old man from Elgin, was listed in critical condition.

The driver of the Mercury, a 42-year-old woman from Oakland Hills, was taken to Sherman Hospital in Elgin with serious injuries, police said. A passenger in that vehicle was not injured in the crash.

Three people were killed in separate crashes over the weekend in Elgin.

Anyone with information on the crash should call Elgin police at (847) 289-2531.

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