A Woodstock man died and a Woodstock woman was hospitalized after both of them, who are in their 20s, were ejected in a motorcycle crash with a pickup truck in Naperville Tuesday evening.
The Naperville Police Department and Naperville Fire Department responded around 11:17 p.m. Tuesday to the intersection of Warrenville Road and Washington Street for the report of a vehicle crash with injuries.
Police officials said officers arrived and found a two-vehicle crash involving a motorcycle and a pickup truck.
A black 2007 Ford F-150, east of the intersection, sustained heavy damage to the front left quarter panel in the crash.
A yellow 2003 Honda motorcycle was lying on its side next to the pickup truck and had significant damage, police officials said.
Officers and firefighter-paramedics provided emergency medical attention to the driver and passenger of the motorcycle.
The driver, a 23-year-old Woodstock man, was unresponsive and pronounced dead at the scene.
The passenger of the motorcycle, a 22-year-old Woodstock woman, was transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Police officials said the driver of the Ford pickup truck, a 20-year-old West Chicago man, was evaluated and refused medical treatment at the scene.
A preliminary investigation showed that the driver of the Honda motorcycle was traveling eastbound on Warrenville Road from Washington Street when it collided with the Ford pickup truck.
The Ford was making a left-hand turn onto westbound Warrenville Road from a private drive on the south side of the street when the collision occurred, police said.
Nouman Kaiser told Lake and McHenry County Scanner that he is still trying to process what happened.
He said he was on a group motorcycle ride that ended and he went on another ride with a few friends.
Kaiser was heading home when he saw flashing emergency lights ahead and slowed down as he approached, worried it might have been some of his friends from the ride.
“I stopped and started asking, ‘What happened?’ and ‘Who was involved?’ Everything felt surreal. I ran into a few riders who had been part of the larger group ride earlier,” Kaiser said.
He said the group told him the motorcycle riders involved were on their way home when a truck made a left turn. “The driver didn’t see the motorcycle, and the bike collided with the truck.”
“Hearing them explain what happened was heartbreaking. Then, when they covered the rider, I knew he was no longer with us. Everyone around us broke down in tears. It was an incredibly emotional and devastating moment,” Kaiser said.
“The police told us that unless we were directly involved in the investigation, we needed to leave the scene. We respected their instructions, rode to a safe location, and took some time to gather ourselves before making the ride home,” he added.
Traffic crash investigators from the Naperville Police Department’s Traffic Unit responded to the scene to investigate.
Warrenville Road was shut down in both directions from Washington Street to Lucent Lane until approximately 3:45 a.m. Wednesday.
The identity of the deceased male victim has not been released yet.
Anyone who may have witnessed the crash or has any additional information is asked to contact the Naperville Police Department Traffic Unit at 630-420-6117.