Crime & Safety
3rd UPDATE: Male Driver Dies After Driving Car into House off Route 31
Authorities are not certain what caused the driver to crash into the house. He might have going more than 70 miles an hour. Helicopters are on the scene.
Here's our updates from Tuesday on the crash at Route 31 and Mooseheart Road.
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UPDATE 8:15 p.m.:
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A male driver died Tuesday after driving a car into a home off of Mooseheart Road and Route 31, authorities said.
The residents living in the home were outside at the time of the crash and were not harmed at all. The crash happened sometime before 4:30 p.m. this afternoon.
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The driver headed eastbound in his vehicle on Mooseheart Road. The man likely drove straight through the intersection at Mooseheart Road and Route 31 into the property located directly east of the intersection, said Steve Miller, North Aurora Fire Department Chief.
The man initially appeared to be in his twenties. Witnesses said he might have been driving as fast as 75 mph, Miller said. The man had to be extricated from the vehicle.
The vehicle went airborne and ended up fully inside the home, causing massive damage to the interior.
As of 8:15 p.m., Route 31 is open to traffic, per Nixle and the North Aurora police.
Check back for more updates.
5:03 p.m. UPDATE from the North Aurora Police Department Nixle
- Rt. 31 (Lincolnway) closed from Oak St. to Mooseheart Rd. due to a serious traffic crash. Use Randall or Rt. 25.
- Rt. 31 (Lincolnway) is closed from Oak St. to Mooseheart Rd. due to a serious traffic crash. Please use Randall Rd. or Rt. 25 as alternate North/South routes until further notice.
For full details, go to https://local.nixle.com/alert/4701133/?sub_id=346027.
Original post:
Police scanners and an incident page network dispatcher report that there is a fatal accident on Route 31 and Mooseheart Road.
The Batavia and North Aurora fire departments, Kane County Sheriff's Department and Batavia police are on scene.
Emergency personnel are asking for a medical helicopter to the scene and are setting up a landing zone on Mooseheart property.
KCART (Kane County Accident Reconstruction Team) is due to arrive, as well as OEM (Office of Emergency Management.)
Patch will report more as information becomes available.
