WADSWORTH, Ill. - A motorcyclist's leg was severed and is in critical condition after a crash in the north suburbs on Friday afternoon.

Police responded to the crash around 1:10 p.m. at Route 173 east of Route 41 in Wadsworth, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.

What we know:

Deputies found the motorcyclist with critical injuries, and good Samaritans had used a belt as a tourniquet on his leg.

Investigators learned that a Harley-Davidson motorcycle, driven by a 68-year-old man from Wadsworth, was traveling westbound on Route 173.

As the motorcycle was riding, a Nissan Rogue, driven by a 38-year-old woman of Muskego, Wisconsin, was traveling eastbound on Route 173.

The Nissan made a left turn into Van Patton Woods Forest Preserve, directly in the path of the motorcycle,

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