Driver charged in fatal Batavia crash
An initial version said Noel Lounsbury was a man. Lounsbury is a woman.
An Aurora woman has been charged with speeding and disobeying a traffic signal after she caused a July 9 crash that killed a Batavia man, officials said.
Noel Lounsbury, 28, of the 3000 block of Waters Edge Circle, was traveling 53 mph in a 45 mph zone and went through a red light about 8:40 a.m. at Randall Road and McKee Street, according to a Batavia police news release.
Lounsbury was driving north in a Jeep Wrangler and hit a Buick LaCrosse traveling west, police said. The driver of the LaCrosse, Terry W. Starck, was killed.
"We reviewed all of the available evidence and information about this case with the Batavia Police Department. These are the appropriate charges. There was no evidence of drugs, alcohol, texting, driving at an excessive speed or recklessness," Kane County State's Attorney Joe McMahon said. "This traffic crash had horrific results and the driver cited was at fault, but she did not commit a felony."
Lounsbury is to appear before a judge Sept. 5 at Kane County Branch Court, 530 S. Randall Road.