Toxicology results are pending for a 26-year-old man killed in a two-car crash early Wednesday on a state road in Yorkville.
Matthew R. Butler, 26, of Sheridan, died from blunt force trauma due to the collision, said Kendall County Deputy Coroner Katrina Busa. Though a full autopsy was not performed, toxicology samples were taken and sent to a lab, Busa said Friday.
Butler was driving a 2005 Hyundai Accent eastbound on Route 126, west of Hopkins Road, when the car went partially off the roadway to its right, according to a news release from Illinois State Police.
The car over-corrected to the left and drove across the westbound lane, directly into the path of an oncoming 2014 Chrysler 200, police said.
The front of the Chrysler, driven by a 25-year-old Plano woman, struck the passenger side of the Hyundai at about 4:34 a.m. Wednesday, police said. The woman and her passenger, a male juvenile, were taken to Rush Copley Medical Center in Aurora for treatment of minor injuries, according to police. Butler was pronounced dead at the scene.
Illinois State Police Master Sgt. Jason Bradley said crash reconstructionists are collecting information including speeds of travel for the vehicles.
It’s unknown at this time what caused Butler to drive off the road and over-correct into the Chrysler’s path, Bradley said.
Butler’s family could not be immediately reached.