Crime & Safety

Driver in Fatal Crash Identified

The 24-year-old man died after his vehicle struck a tree.

The name of the person killed in a single-vehicle crash April 23 has been released.

Jacob Laue, 24, of Addison, died Saturday evening when his 2001 Isuzu Rodeo went off the road near the southwest corner of Galena Rd. and E. Beecher Rd. and struck a tree, according to the Yorkville Police Department.

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Police were called to the scene at around 11:24 p.m. April 23. The Illinois State Police is investigating the crash.

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