Investigation Under Way Into Death of Wonder Lake Man Found at Crash Site

The McHenry County Coroner’s Office and law enforcement officials are investigating the death of a Wonder Lake man found Sunday in a car he was driving that was crashed in a ditch in Bull Valley.

Aaron D. Sutherland, 22, was pronounced dead on the scene at 12:39 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19, after passersby noticed debris in the road around the 300 block of Ridge Road and called 911 at about 12:05 p.m., a release from the coroner’s office reported. An autopsy is scheduled Tuesday to determine the cause of death.

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According to a Chicago Tribune report, Bull Valley police said Sutherland was driving a 1997 Honda sedan, which appeared to be heading southbound on Ridge Road at a high rate of speed before the car veered 20 feet off the road and struck a tree. Sutherland was not wearing a seat belt, the report added.

Police found illegal drugs in the car but did not say if they were a factor in the crash, the report stated.

A second vehicle also was impounded by police and could have been involved in the accident, which might have happened as early as Thursday night, the report added.