3 hurt in separate crashes near Campton Township

Three people were seriously injured after two separate crashes in less than 24 hours near Beith Road and Route 47 near Campton Township, authorities said Saturday.

Charles Males, a 63-year-old from Norridge, was rushed to Delnor Hospital with potentially life-threatening injuries he suffered in the crash about 4:30 p.m. Friday, Kane County sheriff's police said.

Males was driving a 2012 Ford E-150 van east on Beith Road when, for an unknown reason, he disobeyed the stop sign and struck a 2005 Chevrolet TrailBlazer traveling south on Route 47, police said. That driver, Dana Wynn, a 24-year-old from Sycamore, also was taken to Delnor Hospital.

Then early Saturday, the driver of a 1992 Lincoln Town car hit a semitrailer truck blocking Beith Road about 6:40 a.m. as it was backing into a driveway west of Route 47 near Virgil Township, police said.

The driver was flown from the crash to Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove with potentially life-threatening injuries, police said. Authorities are withholding the driver's identification until family can be reached.

The driver of the semi, police said, was not injured.

Sheriff's deputies and the Kane County Accident Reconstruction Team continue to investigate the causes of both crashes. No citations have been issued in either.