Authorities have identified a man who was killed Sunday morning in a single-vehicle motorcycle crash on Fabyan Parkway on Geneva’s far west side.
The Kane County Coroner’s Office has identified the man as 40-year-old Eric Gardner of Sycamore.
Geneva Police, the Kane County Sheriff’s Office, and the Geneva and Batavia fire departments responded to the crash, which was discovered at 6:37am by passing motorists. The preliminary investigation indicated that a motorcycle traveling west on Fabyan Parkway between Wenmoth and Kaneville Roads veered across the eastbound lanes of traffic and struck an embankment on the south side of the road.
The driver was pronounced dead on the scene at 6:58am. The cause and manner of death remain uncertain pending further investigation and toxicology results, the coroner’s office said.
Geneva Police, the Kane County Accident Reconstruction Team and the Kane County Coroner’s Office continue to investigate the accident.
