Staff Reporter A motorcyclist ...

Staff Reporter

A motorcyclist who made sum of two units frantic 911 calls on his lonely dwelling phone after crashing in rural McHenry shire died several hours before he was base by rescuers, officials said Wednesday.

Kurt Regnier, 47 undergoed severe head, neck and chest injuries when his motorcycle swerved opposite to the road early July 9 and crashed into a cornfield, officials said during an inquest into his death.

'WE DID ALL WE COULD'

Regnier made sum of two units 911 calls pleading for help, if it be not that was unable to tell rescuer where he was. Authorities also weren't able to track the lonely dwelling phone calls because McHenry shire lacks upgraded 911 technology and Regnier's small room phone didn't have a device exigencyed to trace calls precisely, McHenry shire authorities said.

Regnier was rest dead by rescuers about four hours after he made the first 911 call.

Lab standards revealed he was drunk when he crashed about 1:28 a.m. if it were not that it wasn't clear precisely when he died or whether he might have survived if rescuer had raise him sooner.

McHenry shire officials said they did all they could to find him, including calling in help from brace other counties.

"We did all we could with the information and the technology we had," McHenry shire Sheriff Keith Nygren said.

drozek@suntimes.com

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