Family speaks of pain after woman was hit by Cook County Sheriff's squad car, later died
The family this week made the difficult decision to take Mercedes Smith, 28, off life support after she was struck by the squad car in Glenview.
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The family this week made the difficult decision to take Mercedes Smith, 28, off life support after she was struck by the squad car in Glenview.
Mercedes Smith had to be taken off life support this week after being hit by the squad car in north suburban Glenview. Marissa Sulek reports.
A pedestrian was critically injured when a Cook County Sheriff's squad car hit them Tuesday morning in Glenview, Illinois.
Police said, shortly after 5 a.m., a pedestrian was hit by a Cook County Sheriff's squad car in the 9800 block of Milwaukee Avenue.
Grace Bentkowski, 22, was crossing the tracks at the Hegewisch station at 13730 S. Brainard Ave last July when she was hit by a South Shore Line train.
According to state police, a vehicle hit the pedestrian and continued to leave the scene without stopping to render aid to the victim.
According to Metra, the pedestrian was struck by the train near Oak Park at the Berwyn stop just before 10:30 a.m.
The victim, identified as Austin Stanek, 24, of Island Lake, Illinois, was taken to Advocate Good Shepard Hospital in Barrington, where he died.
Victor Rivas-Martinez Jr., 22, of Waukegan, was arrested and charged with failure to remain on the scene of an accident, failure to report an accident, failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident, not having a valid driver's license and no proof of insurance.
Metra officials confirmed a male pedestrian was hit and killed by an inbound Union Pacific North Line train near the North Chicago station shortly after 8:30 a.m.
Three southbound were shut down just before 6 p.m.
Both Metra UP-West line trains and CTA Green Line trains that run on the same embankment faced significant delays afterward.
Illinois State Police said the crash happened just before 12:30 a.m. in the local lanes southbound at 44th Street.
The driver did stop after the crash.
The Lake County Coroner's Office said around 10:30 p.m. The Waukegan Police Department arrived at the 1500 block of Grand Avenue for a report of a crash involving a pedestrian.
A grey Toyota sedan hit the victim at the intersection of Buffalo Grove Road and Larraway Drive.
The Aurora Police Department said that on Thursday, Oct. 3, just before 6 p.m., police and fire crews arrived at the intersection of East New York Street and West Park Place for a vehicle-versus-pedestrian crash.
A 56-year-old man was found lying next to a bicycle in the southbound lanes of South Larkin Avenue.
A preliminary investigation indicated that a 2015 Toyota Highlander was traveling northbound on Elmhurst Road from Dempster Street when it struck the victim, who was attempting to cross Elmhurst Road.
A preliminary investigation indicated that the pedestrian attempted to cross the lanes of traffic and was struck by a passing vehicle, which remained at the scene.
Chicago police say a male driver of a silver SUV was heading northbound on DuSable Lake Shore Drive when he struck the pedestrian, only described as a male, who was in the street.
Arriving deputies found a 39-year-old man from Arlington Heights who was critically wounded and without a pulse.
At 8:15 p.m., the truck was headed north on Ashland Avenue at Roosevelt Road when the woman crossed in front of it, police said.
Police said an unidentified male ran into traffic and was struck by the driver of a Toyota Prius that was heading northbound.
The victim lost control of his car and hit the 19-year-old pedestrian.
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Residents said had never seen anything like this before.
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Once the car the man put the woman into was in motion, she was able to open the door and get out, police said.
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