Aurora man killed in truck parking lot accident
December 23, 2010 4:58PM
Updated: August 4, 2011 4:20PM
An Aurora man was killed this morning by a semi-tractor that was reversing in the Aldi truck parking lot in Batavia.
Batavia police have identified the deceased pedestrian as Raymond Vanpelt, 53, of Aurora.
A preliminary investigation by Batavia police found at 10:24 a.m. Friday, at the truck parking lot of Aldi Inc. headquarters, 1200 N. Kirk Road, the driver of a semi-tractor was backing up to a semi-trailer to move it elswhere in the parking lot. That driver, Patrick Karns, 46, of Sandwich, did not see a pedestrian walking behind him and accidently backed over the victim, Batavia police said.
Vanpelt was transported to Delnor Hospital in Geneva where was pronounced dead, according to police. The investigation is ongoing.
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