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North Chicago woman charged with striking 2 pedestrians with her car during disturbance in Park City

Prosecutors say a North Chicago woman struck two people with her car, leaving one victim hospitalized with a head injury, during a disturbance at a gas station in Park City. Gwendolyn Thompson, 32, of North Chicago, was charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and aggravated battery causing great bodily harm. The Park City […]

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3 years of periodic imprisonment for driver who fatally struck 14-year-old girl, injured 2 others in Waukegan

A Waukegan man was sentenced to three years of periodic imprisonment after pleading guilty to fatally hitting a 14-year-old girl with his car and then fleeing the scene. Jhonatan Lopez-Castaneda, 31, of Waukegan, was charged in August with failure to report an accident causing death and two counts of failure to report an accident causing […]

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‘This was all so sudden’: 14-year-old girl identified after being killed by hit-and-run driver in Waukegan

The coroner has identified a 14-year-old girl who was killed after a vehicle hit her while she was walking her bicycle Sunday evening in Waukegan. The driver, who fled the scene, was arrested. An autopsy showed that Delilah Shoemaker, 14, of Waukegan, died as a result of blunt force injuries from a crash, according to […]

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14-year-old girl killed, 2 others hospitalized after being struck by hit-and-run driver in Waukegan

A 14-year-old girl was killed and two of the girl’s family members were hospitalized after they were struck by a vehicle that fled the scene in Waukegan Sunday evening, police said. The Waukegan Fire Department and Waukegan Police Department responded around 9:30 p.m. Sunday to the intersection of Crescent Avenue and Garrick Avenue in Waukegan […]

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2 city employees hospitalized after being struck by fire department vehicle in Waukegan

Two city employees were transported to the hospital after they were hit by a fire department vehicle while walking in Waukegan Thursday afternoon. The incident happened around 3:15 p.m. Thursday at the intersection of Washington Street and Sheridan Road in Waukegan. A city-owned Dodge Durango SUV with a low-profile emergency light system was being driven […]