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- 0:05Speaker 1: Kendall County Sheriff, Will County Coroner investigating five vehicle crash
- 0:09Speaker 1: that killed Aurora man. Written by Eric Shelkoff. This article
- 0:16Speaker 1: is being read by an automated voice brought to you
- 0:18Speaker 1: by Everlett. The Kendall County Sheriff's Office and the Will
- 0:23Speaker 1: County Coroner's Office continued to investigate a five vehicle crash
- 0:27Speaker 1: in Seward Township on May nineteenth that killed an Aurora man.
- 0:32Speaker 1: The driver of one of the vehicles, Erling Varland, seventy nine,
- 0:35Speaker 1: of Aurora, passed away on May twentieth as a result
- 0:39Speaker 1: of injuries sustained during the crash. According to a news
- 0:42Speaker 1: release from the Sheriff's office, The cause and manner of
- 0:46Speaker 1: death are pending further investigation by the Will County Coroner's Office.
- 0:50Speaker 1: The release said two other individuals involved in the crash
- 0:54Speaker 1: were transported to area hospitals with serious injuries. The crash
- 0:59Speaker 1: occurred at approximately four to fifty pm on May nineteenth
- 1:02Speaker 1: at the intersection of Ridge Road and Bell Road in
- 1:04Speaker 1: Seward Township. Preliminary findings indicate all five vehicles were traveling
- 1:10Speaker 1: southbound on Ridge Road when a vehicle slowed to make
- 1:13Speaker 1: a left hand turn onto Bell Road, which led to
- 1:16Speaker 1: a chain reaction rear end crash. The release said Sheriff's
- 1:20Speaker 1: Office investigators responded to the scene to conduct a detailed
- 1:23Speaker 1: crash investigation. The roadway remained closed for approximately four hours
- 1:28Speaker 1: During the investigation. The Sheriff's Office was assisted by the
- 1:32Speaker 1: Minuka Fire Protection District, the Troy Fire Protection District, and
- 1:36Speaker 1: the Shanahan Fire Protection District.