Crime & Safety
Geneva Man Killed After Truck Collides With Semi in St. Charles Parking Lot
The semi was backing into a loading dock in the parking lot of a business when the crash occurred Wednesday afternoon.
ST. CHARLES, IL - Alcohol may have played a factor in a crash Wednesday that killed a 67-year-old Geneva man.
Thomas Chlebowski, of 416 N. Glengary Drive in Geneva, was driving a 2002 Toyota Tundra east on Stern Avenue in St. Charles at 2:05 p.m. when he crossed into the westbound lane and then went up onto a parkway, according to a St. Charles Police Department press release.
The Toyota traveled into a parking lot and collided with the front passenger side tire of a 2017 Freightliner semi-truck, which was backing into a loading dock at a business at 3810 Stern Avenue, police said. The semi-truck and its trailer was completely in the parking lot at the time of the crash.
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Chlebowski was transported to Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital. He was then airlifted to
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital and later died as a result of his injuries.
The driver of the semi, Keith Eskiar, 35, of 604 N.Edgewood Ave in Lombard, was not injured as a result of the crash.
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A preliminary investigation showed that alcohol may have contributed to the crash, police said.
No citations have been issued as a result of this crash, according to the news release.
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