Aurora Man Killed In Semi-Truck Accident Identified

Aurora police have identified Ralph E. Clark as the man killed in an semi-truck accident on Monday night, according to department spokesman Dan Ferrelli.

Around 7:4o p.m., Aurora police officers responded to the 800 block of North Lake Street for a report of a man apparently hit by a semi-truck.

They found Clark, 36, of the 100 block of South Fourth Street, "laying in the roadway not conscious, not breathing, and suffering from critical injuries."

Officers learned that the driver of a 2018 East ST semi-truck was driving northbound on North Lake Street when he saw Clark walking bent over and stumbling on the sidewalk.

As the truck passed Clark, the driver reported seeing the man "stumble into the roadway through his passenger side mirror and apparently into the passenger side of the truck’s flatbed trailer."

Clark was pronounced dead on the scene at just before 8 p.m. The driver, a 64-year-old Joliet man, was not cited. Police say that Clark "may have been under the influence of alcohol at the time of the incident."

The Kane County Coroner conduct toxicology tests, but will not be doing a full autopsy.

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