Update: This morning, the Kane County Sheriff’s Office reported that the identify of one of the victims of Sunday’s crash was previously misidentified. One of the deceased was originally reported to be 31-year-old Erick Garcia-Porcayo. The deceased has now been identifed as 18-year-old Erik Porcayo-Ramirez, who was riding in the white Ford F350 at the time of the incident and was pronounced deceased at the scene.
The article below has been updated to reflect the correction.
Two people are dead and three others in hospital after the driver of a pickup truck swerved to avoid a deer and crashed into oncoming traffic on Plank Road Sunday evening.
According to a press release from the Kane County Sheriff’s office, at approximately 9:43pm on Sunday deputies were dispatched to the intersection of Plank Road and Switzer Road for a four-car collision that resulted in the deaths of two individuals at the scene. Three other individuals involved in the crash were flown via helicopter transport to local trauma centers.
Detectives on the scene indicated that a red Ford F150 was traveling westbound on Plank Road when its driver, 18-year-old Vance Peterson, attempted to avoid hitting a deer, causing his truck to swerve into oncoming traffic and narrowly missing a passing eastbound landscaping vehicle. The truck then hit a white GMC Sierra head-on. The white GMC Sierra was hauling a trailer and skid steer; three occupants were inside.
After hitting the GMC Sierra, the truck was hit by a red Dodge Ram, driven by 30-year-old Baldemar Rodriguez-Lopez, at which point the F150 caught on fire.
Peterson, still stuck inside the vehicle, was rescued after the driver-side window was broken out, having sustained serious burns and fractures. He was flown to Loyola hospital for treatment.
Two occupants of the GMC Sierra, an 18-year-old male identified as Erik Porcayo-Ramirez, and a 25-year-old male identified as Rosalio Porcayo-Porcayo, were reported deceased at the scene. The driver, 22-year-old Yahir Porcayo-Porcayo, sustained serious injuries and was flown by helicopter to Good Samaritan Hospital and are listed in stable condition.
The Kane County Sheriff’s Investigations Division continues to investigate the crash.
