On Tuesday, Oct. 27 at 4:27 p.m., the Elmhurst police and fire departments responded to 911 calls of a serious traffic crash on Grand Avenue at the Lamont Road intersection.
Upon arrival at the scene, police and fire personnel located two vehicles in the roadway: a Freightliner box truck and a Honda sport motorcycle.
The driver of the motorcycle, a 21-year-old Glendale Heights man, suffered fatal injuries due to the collision and was pronounced deceased at the scene. The driver of the box truck was not injured. The DuPage MERIT Major Crash Reconstruction Team responded to the scene to assist in the investigation of the collision. The roadway was closed until approximately 10:15 p.m. as emergency personnel investigated.
Preliminary investigation indicated the motorcycle was traveling west on Grand Avenue and the box truck was traveling east on Grand Avenue when the vehicles collided at the Lamont Road intersection. The driver of the box truck, a 61-year-old Schaumburg man, remained at the scene after the collision and cooperated with the investigators.
Identification of the decedent is being withheld pending family notification.
This traffic crash remains under active investigation by the Elmhurst Police Department and the DuPage County Coroner’s Office. Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to contact Elmhurst police at (630) 530-3050.
