Crime & Safety
SHERIFF: Kane County Man Dies in Car Crash
The man's vehicle hit a concrete encasement before it overturned. He was 58.
A 58-year-old Hampshire man was pronounced dead at the scene of a single-car rollover crash on Thursday in the same town, police said.
Thomas E. Kopitka was driving a 1989 white Ford Mustang that left northbound Walker Road about a half-mile north of Route 72. Kane County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the crash at 8:53 p.m. Thursday, according to a press release.
The Mustang left the roadway on the west side and struck a concrete encasement before overturning and coming to rest in a field. Kopitka was the only person in the vehicle.
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No one saw the crash and it is not known why the vehicle left the roadway, the press release said.
The incident remains under investigation at this time.
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The area of the Walker Road-Route 72 intersection was also the site of a fatal crash last year. On July 16, 2011, a 20-year-old Rockford man died after a two-car collision. For more on this incident, .
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