Four killed in morning crash near Hampshire

From the Sunday, Nov. 2, 2008 edition of the Northwest Herald:

Four killed in morning crash near Hampshire
By Diana Sroka

HAMPSHIRE – Four people were killed in a two-vehicle crash Saturday morning.

Just before 1 a.m., Eric Silva, 18, was driving south on Burlington Road near the intersection of Plato Road near Hampshire, according to the Kane County Sheriff’s Department.

There were two passengers in his 2003 Pontiac Grand Am: Christian Miguel Gody-Olvea, 19, and Andres Solis, 19. All three were from Streamwood.

Silva’s vehicle crossed the center line and struck a 1999 Pontiac Grand Prix traveling in the opposite direction on Burlington Road, driven by 19-year-old Marco Leon of Elgin.

According to reports, Leon Solis and Gody-Olvea were pronounced dead at the scene.

Silva was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital in Downer’s Grove by Flight for Life, where he was pronounced dead.

Officials said drugs and alcohol appeared to be a factor in the crash, but the accident still was under investigation by the Sheriff’s Department and the Kane County Accident Reconstruction team Saturday night.