Hinsdale Man, 70, Dead After Car Crash on Garfield

Updated at 5:45 p.m.

A 70-year-old man died after his car left the roadway in the 600 block of South Garfield Avenue in Hinsdale Sunday afternoon and struck a fire hydrant, another vehicle and a utility pole, according to a release Monday from the Hinsdale Police Department.

The man is identified by police as Dubravko J. Zacharia, of Hinsdale.

The accident occurred around 3 p.m. Zacharia, who was alone in his 2011 Mitsubishi Lancer, was traveling southbound on Garfield at the time of the accident. He struck the fire hydrant hard enough to dislodge it, Deputy Chief Mark Wodka said. The hydrant struck the other vehicle, which was approaching Garfield on Ulm Place, as did the victim's car.

Wodka said nobody in the second vehicle required medical attention. 

Zacharia was unresponsive when officers arrived on the scene. Hinsdale Fire Department paramedics took him to Adventist Hinsdale Hospital, Wodka said, where he was pronounced dead.

"The contributing factor to this the crash has not yet been determined," Wodka said.

DuPage County’s regional investigative task force Felony Investigative Assistance Team (FIAT) is investigating the accident, police said. The investigation is ongoing.

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