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A flight line technician for the Illinois National Guard was killed late Tuesday when the rear metal chute of a cement truck apparently swung away from the vehicle and struck the victim’s car, police and coroner’s officials said.
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John Arp, 30, of 947 Golf Course Rd., Crystal Lake, was westbound on Algonquin Road west of Illinois Highway 31 when his car, which was in the correct lane, was struck by the eastbound truck.
The accident, just west of an uphill S-curve, caused long rush-hour traffic delays and is still under investigation, police said.
Arp was pronounced dead at Sherman Hospital, Elgin, said Kane Coroner Mary Lou Kearns.