A 41-year-old Elgin man has died following a three-vehicle accident in Huntley, Saturday morning.
On July 29, 2023 at 9:30 a.m., members of the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office, Lakewood Police Department, Huntley Police Department, Huntley Fire Department and Crystal Lake Fire Department, responded to a crash involving two cars and a motorcycle at the intersection of Route 47 and Conley Rd in unincorporated Huntley.
Preliminary investigation indicates that a 2008 Mini Cooper S, driven by a 17-year-old, was stopped southbound on Route 47 and was going to turn east onto Conley Rd, when a 2015 Subaru Forester, driven by a 71-year-old Woodstock man, which was also southbound failed to stop and collided into the back of the Mini Cooper. This caused the Mini Cooper to spin into a 1997 Kawasaki VN800, ridden by the 41-year-old Elgin man, which was northbound on Route 47. The rider of the motorcycle was thrown from his motorcycle.
The drivers of both cars and rider of the motorcycle, were all transported by ambulance to Northwestern Hospital in Huntley. The drivers of the cars sustained minor injuries while the rider of the motorcycle was later pronounced deceased at the hospital.
The investigation is ongoing and is being investigated by the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office Major Traffic Crash Investigation Unit and the McHenry County Coroner’s Office.