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A South Side man believed responsible for a wrong-way collision on the Bishop Ford Freeway last month that killed a longtime Chicago Tribune employee has died of his injuries, officials said.

Kenneth Owens, 24, was driving a black 1998 Chevy Malibu south in the northbound lanes when he struck a black 2003 Honda Accord driven by Ronnie Head, who then hit a tanker truck on April 30, authorities said.

Owens, of the 1400 block of East 66th Place, was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn after the crash. He was pronounced dead there Tuesday morning, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.

An autopsy is scheduled for later today.

Head, 54, a Dolton husband and father of two adult children, was pronounced dead shortly after the crash. He had worked for the Chicago Tribune for 27 years as a press operator at the paper's plant at the Freedom Center.

Head's wife Sergenet said the couple were set to renew their wedding vows during their 30th wedding anniversary in June. She said she met her husband at a party at her sister's home and she knew right away that he was "my soul mate."

Illinois State police previously said they believed that the wrong-way driver had been drinking and that "alcohol appears to be a factor." According to state records, Owens was driving on a suspended license for not having proper insurance. His license was suspended in March.