Driver Taken by Helicopter to Hospital Following One-Vehicle Rollover Crash

A 55-year-old Naperville man was taken by helicopter to the hospital following a one-vehicle rollover crash in unincorporated Blackberry Township on Sunday night.

Keith Carlson, of the 900 block of Fairway Drive in Naperville, was driving east on Hughes Road near Bunker Road at about 8:30 p.m. when his 1996 Ford Ranger pick-up truck traveled onto the south shoulder of Hughes Road, according to a Kane County Sheriff's Office press release. The truck crossed over both lanes of Hughes Road and drove up an embankment on the north side of the road where it then flipped over.

Carlson was taken to Delnor Hospital and then flown to Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove with potentially life-threatening injuries, according to the news release. He was the sole occupant of the vehicle.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation by Kane County Sheriff’s Office detectives and the Kane County Accident Reconstruction Team. Deputies have not yet determined if drugs, alcohol, speed or texting played a role in this crash, police said.