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Aurora man killed in ATV crash

An Aurora man died Sunday after the ATV he was driving in an unincorporated area near Big Rock Township hit a culvert.

The crash happened about 5 p.m. when police say Christopher Harner, 44, struck a culvert while driving along the side of Scott Road. The ATV then rolled or flipped, the Kane County sheriff's office said, throwing Harner from the vehicle.

He was taken to Mercy Center Hospital in Aurora, where he was pronounced dead. Harner was not wearing a helmet at the time of the crash.