Hinckley Man Killed in Memorial Day Crash in Blackberry Township

Hinckley Man Killed in Memorial Day Crash in Blackberry Township

Main Street looking west from IL Route 47. (CREDIT: Google Maps)

A 54-year-old Hinckley man was killed in the early hours of Memorial Day when his Volkswagen Jetta crashed for unknown reasons on Main Street in Blackberry Township.

(CREDIT: Google Maps)

According to a Kane County Sheriff’s Office report, a 2004 Volkswagen Jetta driven by Scott C. Doyens of the 300 block of E. McKinley in Hinckley was traveling west on Main Street just west of IL Route 47 shortly before 1:10 a.m. Monday, May 27, 2019, when it went off the road, striking a tree and then rolling over.

Doyens, who was the sole occupant of the vehicle, was transported to Delnor Hospital in Geneva, where he was pronounced deceased.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation by Kane County sheriff’s detective.

This article will be updated when additional information is available from official sources.

SOURCE: Kane County Sheriff’s Office news release