Man dies after motorcycle crash in Wheaton

A 22-year-old motorcyclist has died after a serious traffic crash in Wheaton Wednesday, authorities said.

At about 10:05 a.m., Wheaton police and firefighters, along with Warrenville Fire Protection District personnel, responded to a crash involving a minivan and a motorcycle at Butterfield and Herrick roads.

First responders found the male motorcyclist with life-threatening injuries. He was taken by Warrenville paramedics to Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove, where he succumbed to his injuries, according to a city update.

Wheaton paramedics took the minivan driver, an 84-year-old woman and the vehicle’s sole occupant, to Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital as a precaution.

A portion of Butterfield Road was closed for roughly 4.5 hours to allow Wheaton police and the MERIT Major Crash Reconstruction Team to conduct an investigation.

No other information was released, with the city citing the ongoing investigation.