Crime & Safety
Crash Takes Life of Campton Hills Woman
The 64-year-old resident died after the car she was driving struck another vehicle head on.
A Campton Hills resident was killed in a two-car traffic accident on Tuesday.
Lurra Ciabattari, 64, was killed after the car she was driving struck a car driven by a Sycamore man at the intersection of LaFox Road and Grande Monde in Campton Hills, according to a police report. The crash occurred shortly after 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
Witnesses told police the car driven by Ciabattari swerved several times onto the shoulder before crossing the center line, striking the other vehicle head on. Ciabattari was taken to Delnor Hospital in Geneva and pronounced dead from injuries sustained in the crash, police said.
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Robert Simmons, the driver of the car struck by Ciabattari, was treated for non-life threatening injuries, according to police.
The investigation is ongoing with the Kane County Accident Reconstruction Team assisting the Campton Hills Police Department.