Aurora man hit by truck, killed after stumbling off sidewalk
By Erika Wurst, For Chronicle Media — March 8, 2017A 36-year-old Aurora man was killed Monday evening after apparently stumbling off the sidewalk and into the path of a moving semi-truck, Aurora police said.
According to Aurora Police Department spokesman Dan Ferrelli, officers were called to the 800 block of North Lake Street around 7:41 p.m. for reports of the incident. When they arrived on scene, police found Ralph Clark, 100 block of South Fourth St., lying in the roadway unconscious, not breathing, and suffering from “critical” injuries, Ferrelli said.
He was pronounced dead on the scene.
As they began to investigate, detectives learned that a 64-year-old Joliet man was driving a 2018 East ST semi northbound on North Lake Street when he allegedly spotted Clark walking bent over and stumbling on the sidewalk.
He said that as he passed Clark, he looked through his passenger side mirror and saw Clark stumble into the roadway, apparently falling into the passenger side of the semi’s flatbed trailer.