Casket thrown from hearse in Homewood hit-and-run crash
A speeding silver Kia crashed into a white Cadillac funeral hearse at the intersection of 183rd and Kedzie in Homewood.
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A speeding silver Kia crashed into a white Cadillac funeral hearse at the intersection of 183rd and Kedzie in Homewood.
A casket with a body inside was thrown from a hearse in a hit-and-run crash Friday morning in south suburban Homewood.
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