The Kendall County Coroner’s Office has released the names of two people who were killed in separate car crashes on Monday in Kendall County.
According to the coroner, 75-year-old Shuging Hu, of Naperville, was killed around 7:36 a.m. near Route 71 and Budd Road near Yorkville. Kendall County deputies said Hu was the passenger in a vehicle that was attempting to pass a southbound vehicle on Route 71. The driver of the vehicle Hu was in drove into the northbound lane to pass when his vehicle struck another vehicle head-on. The drivers of both vehicles were transported to area hospitals. Hu was pronounced dead on the scene.
Later that evening, at 5:30 p.m., police responded to a second fatal crash in Kendall County. The two-vehicle crash occurred around 5:30 p.m. near Millington Road and Rogers Road near Sandwich. Deputies did not release additional details except to say that there was one fatality, five people transported to area hospitals, and one person airlifted with serious injuries.
The coroner’s office identified the person killed in the accident as Devon Peden, 25, of Chicago.
The Sandwich, Newark and Somonauk Fire Departments all responded to the scene.