Two-vehicle crash in rural northern DeKalb County sends two to hospital

A two-vehicle crash in rural northern DeKalb County sent two to the hospital Thursday, the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office said.

Sheriff’s deputies and paramedics from the Kirkland Fire Department responded to a reported crash about 4:46 p.m. Thursday at the intersection of Route 72 and Irene Road in Franklin Township, according to a news release from the sheriff’s office.

Deputies reported that a passenger car driven by Rebecca M. Eyehaner, 26, of Esmond was traveling south on Irene Road at Route 72.

Eyehaner allegedly proceeded through the intersection and failed to yield to crossing traffic, sheriff’s officials said.

As a result, Eyehaner crashed into another passenger car headed east on Route 72 driven by a 62-year-old Elgin man.

The Elgin man’s vehicle struck Eyehaner’s vehicle on the passenger side while in the intersection after Eyehaner allegedly failed to yield, police said.

Both drivers suffered injuries. Eyehaner was taken by Kirkland paramedics to Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital in DeKalb, while the Elgin man was taken to OSF Saint Anthony’s Hospital in Rockford.

Both drivers were wearing seat belts and had no passengers in their cars, sheriff’s officials said.

Eyehaner was cited by the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office for failure to yield at a stop intersection.

This story was updated to clarify the order in which the vehicles collided in the intersection.