Crime & Safety
Details of 2 Kirk Road Crashes
The following information was supplied by the Batavia and Geneva police departments. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
The Nov. 7 crash at Kirk Road and Fabyan Parkway that stymied last Thursday's rush-hour traffic involved drivers from St. Charles and Crystal Lake.
One person was injured in a Nov. 5 accident on South Kirk Road near Pine Street.
Those are some of the details from accident reports cited in Batavia and Geneva police report last week.
Find out what's happening in Genevawith free, real-time updates from Patch.
Police Reports Show Details of Nov. 7 Crash
The front of a Chevrolet Lumina driven by Anna Wildman, 26, of St. Charles collided with the driver’s side of a Toyota 4Runner driven by Norman Yackle, 25, of Crystal Lake around 5:02 p.m. Nov. 7, according to reports. More than $1,500 damage was done to any one vehicle.
Yackle’s 4Runner was westbound on Fabyan Parkway approaching the intersection of Kirk Road as Wildman’s Chevrolet was eastbound on Fabyan Parkway attempting to turn left onto northbound Kirk Road.
Find out what's happening in Genevawith free, real-time updates from Patch.
Yackle told police he entered the intersection on a yellow light and Wildman made the left turn in front of his vehicle. Wildman said she thought the light had changed to red and that Yackle’s 4Runner was going to stop.
No tickets or warnings were issued, according to the report.
Charges Follow Accident With Injuries
The front of a Chevy S-10 driven by Jarret Wilson, 21, of Glendale Heights collided with the rear of a Kia Sorento driven by Jeronimo Moreno, 28, of Aurora around 6:02 a.m. Nov. 5 in the 700 block of South Kirk Road about 1000 feet north of Pine Street, reports said.
More than $1,500 damage was done to any one vehicle and Moreno was taken to Delnor Hospital after the crash by Medic 51.
Wilson was charged with driving too fast for conditions and operating an uninsured motor vehicle. Moreno also was charged with those same two violations.
Patch reports on law enforcement activity in Batavia, using information provided by official agencies. Persons charged with a crime, or issued a citation for violation of a local ordinance, are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. If you or a family member are charged with a crime or cited for a violation, and the charge or citation is subsequently adjudicated, we encourage you to notify Patch editor Rick Nagel at rickn@patch.com and we will do follow-up reporting on the case.
