A man was killed Thursday after he drove into the opposite lane of traffic, striking a pickup truck head on, the Kane County Sheriff’s Office said.
The crash occurred about 12:15 p.m. on Plank Road between Barr and Marshall roads in unincorporated Plato County, just west of Elgin, a sheriff’s office news release said.
It’s not known what caused the victim to drive his Toyota RAV4 into oncoming traffic, the release said. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene; his name is being withheld pending notification of family members.
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The pickup truck was driven by Jorge Andrade, 33, who had his 2-year-old son with him in the vehicle. Both were taken to an Elgin-area hospital with non-life threatening injuries, the release said. No one else was injured.
The case remains under investigation by sheriff’s detectives and the Kane County Accident Reconstruction Team. No citations have been issued.