Authorities ID Man Killed In Route 47 Collision

CAMPTON TOWNSHIP, IL — A 49-year-old Maple Park man was killed after his pick-up truck collided with a semi and burst into flames underneath the semi truck early Tuesday on Route 47 in Campton Township.

The pick-up driver has been identified as Juan J. Galvez, of Country Life Drive in Maple Park.

Police say they were called to the area of Route 47 and Beith Road at about 5:20 a.m. Tuesday and found the pick-up truck fully engulfed in flames underneath the trailer of the semi, according to a news release from the Kane County Sheriff's Office.

Galvez was trapped in the pickup truck, which was underneath the semi, and pinned sideways in the front of the rear trailer axle, according to authorities. His truck and the middle portion of the semi trailer were severely burned.

Galvez was pronounced dead at the scene.

Dash camera footage from the semi showed the semi truck was headed south on Route 47 and traveling through the intersection at Beith Road when the pickup truck, which was eastbound on Beith Road, failed to stop for a stop sign at the intersection, according to a news release.

A driver behind the semi truck confirmed the pickup truck ran the stop sign and also that the semi truck driver was not speeding, police said.

The semi truck driver was not injured.

As of Tuesday afternoon, Route 47 in the area of the collision remained closed. The cause of the crash remains under investigation.