Man hurt when motorcycle towing plan fails

One man was hurt after he lost control of the motorcycle he was riding, which was being towed by another car, at 7:51 p.m. Monday near Montgomery and Ridge roads, Aurora police said.

Selva Kumar, 41, of the 3600 block of Hector Lane, Naperville, was treated and released from Rush-Copley Medical Center after he was thrown from the motorcycle he was riding, police said.

The bike had died so Kumar was riding it, while it was towed by a car, connected by a 7-foot rope, police said. Kumar was charged with no insurance and improper riding a motorcycle, police said.

The other driver, Velamoor Venkatesan, 46, of the 4000 block of Heron Court, Naperville, was charged with unlawful towing of a motorcycle, police said.