Maple Park man dies in crash on Route 47 near Elburn
A Maple Park man was killed Tuesday morning in a fiery two-vehicle crash on Route 47 near Elburn.
Kane County Sheriff Ron Hain said in a news release that deputies responded at 5:18 a.m. to a crash at Route 47 and Beith Road. When the deputies arrived, they found a semitrailer truck in the southbound lane of Route 47 with a vehicle pinned underneath that was engulfed in flames.
Hain said a dashboard camera on the semitrailer truck showed it was going south on Route 47 through the intersection when the crash occurred.
A 1996 Mazda pickup truck driving east on Beith ran the stop sign, crashed into the trailer and burst into flames. The pickup truck was pinned sideways in front of the rear trailer axle.
A witness behind the pickup truck confirmed the driver disobeyed the stop sign and said the semitrailer was not speeding, Hain said.
The driver of the pickup truck, Juan J. Galvez, 49, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the semitrailer truck was not injured.
Route 47 was closed for hours as authorities investigated the crash. It reopened by 3:13 p.m.