MENDOTA – An ATV vs Motorcycle crash north of Mendota seriously injured both drivers Monday morning. Before 11 AM Mendota and Troy Grove Fire Departments were called to an area near the intersection of North 48th Road and Illinois 251 for the collision. Sublette, West Brooklyn, Compton, and Amboy First Responders also assisted at the scene. The motorcycle driver, 67-year old Randall L. Butt of Ladd was taken via helicopter from the scene to a Rockford Hospital. The driver of the ATV, 31-year-old Eduardo Figueroa-Torres of Melrose Park was taken via ambulance to Saint Paul Medical Center before being transferred via helicopter to a Rockford Hospital. The crash remains under investigation by the Illinois State Police, LaSalle County Sheriff’s Office and Lee County Sheriff’s Office.
