COMPTON, Ill. (WREX) — A suburban man has died after a crash in rural Lee County over the weekend, the third fatality in three crashes over a two-month span at the intersection.

The Lee County Sheriff's Office reports that 67-year-old Alan P. Klimas, of North Aurora, Ill., died in a motorcycle accident on Saturday, Aug. 9, at the intersection of Illinois Rt. 251 and Chicago Rd.

According to a press release from the Sheriff's Office, Klimas was riding a 2022 Harley Davidson with a group at around 7 p.m. The group was late in realizing they needed to turn left at Chicago Rd. The pavement was wet at the time after a thunderstorm just passed through.

Klimas slid on the pavement and suffered major injuries. He was taken to OSF St. Paul Medical Center in Mendota where he was pronounced dead.

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