Police: Man killed, woman injured in Batavia motorcycle crash

SHARE Police: Man killed, woman injured in Batavia motorcycle crash
7f7c4f24_2964_4c6a_a14e_60a93e60903f2.png

Sun-Times file photo

A man was killed and a woman was critically injured in a motorcycle crash Saturday evening in west suburban Batavia.

Officers responded about 5:25 p.m. to the crash between the motorcycle and a vehicle in the 1200 block of Wind Energy Pass, according to a statement from Batavia police.

The male driving the motorcycle was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. His name has not yet been released.

The female passenger of the bike was airlifted to Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove, where she was listed in critical condition. Police initially said she had died.

The Kane County sheriff’s office and the Kane County Accident Reconstruction Team were investigating the crash.

The Latest
Like no superhero movie before it, subversive coming-of-age story reinvents the villain’s origins with a mélange of visual styles and a barrage of gags.
A 66-year-old woman was dragged into the street in the 600 block of North Fairbanks Avenue by two armed robbers who fired shots, police said.
Twenty-five years later, the gun industry’s greed and elected leaders’ cowardice continue to prevail, the head of the National Urban League writes.
The Sun-Times’ experts pick whom they think the team will take with the No. 9 pick in Thursday night’s draft:
They have abandoned their mom and say relationship won’t resume until she stops ‘taking the money’ from her alcoholic ex.