Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Sham Firadusi says his mother, Tinley Park resident Lubna Firadusi, had a green light when Orland Hills resident and allegedly drunken driver Kevin Santiago struck her car on Dec. 2, near 183rd and 80th Avenue.
The son of a woman killed in a Dec. 2 crash in Tinley Park is suing the allegedly drunken driver of the car that struck hers, Sun-Times Media reports. Kevin Santiago, 33, of Orland Hills, was charged with reckless homicide and aggravated DUI following the crash that killed 50-year-old Lubna Firadusi, of Tinley Park. Santiago, of the 8800 block of West 170th Street in Orland Hills, also was charged with driving under the influence, failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident, driving without insurance and disobeying a traffic control device, according to police. READ: Tinley Park Woman Dies After Morning Car Crash Santiago was involved in a two-vehicle crash at around 2 a.m. Dec. 2, at the intersection of 183rd Street and 80th Avenue. …
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Kevin Santiago, 33, also faces DUI charges after a two-vehicle accident Sunday that killed a 50-year-old Tinley Park woman, police report.
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Tuesday, December 4, 2012
A 33-year-old Orland Hills man was charged Tuesday with reckless homicide in connection with a crash that killed a 50-year-old Tinley Park woman Sunday, according to the Tinley Park Police Department. Kevin Santiago, of the 8800 block of West 170th Street in Orland Hills, also was charged with driving under the influence, aggravated DUI, failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident, driving without insurance and disobeying a traffic control device, a police press release stated. READ: Tinley Park Woman Dies After Morning Car Crash Santiago was involved in a two-vehicle crash at around 2 a.m. Sunday, at the intersection of 183rd Street and 80th Avenue, according to police. Lubna Firdausi, the driver of the other vehicle, was taken to the …
Monday, December 3, 2012
Lubna Firdausi, 50, died after a two-vehicle crash at 183rd Street and 80th Avenue. A 33-year-old Orland Hills man is being questioned in the accident.
UPDATED (11:27 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 2) A 50-year-old Tinley Park woman died after she was involved in a two-car accident early Sunday near the intersection of 183rd Street and 80th Avenue, according to Tinley Park Police. Lubna Firdausi, a driver of one of the vehicles, was pronounced dead at 8:03 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 2, at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, the Chicago Tribune reports. READ: 2 Girls Rescued After Being Buried Under Mud at Construction Site The second driver, a 33-year-old Orland Hills man, was hospitalized and later released, the police report stated. The man, who was not named in the release, is being questioned by police, although no charges had been filed as of Sunday night, the Tribune reports. Police responded to …
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Friday, October 19, 2012
David Van Heel, 50, died early Friday, the county medical examiner's office reports, days after being involved in a four-vehicle accident. An autopsy Saturday listed the cause of death as heart problems unrelated to the crash, Sun-Times Media reports.
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Friday, October 19, 2012
UPDATED: 6:18 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 21 An Oak Forest man died Friday morning, days after being involved in a four-vehicle crash at the intersection of 159th Street and Oak Park Avenue in Tinley Park, the county medical examiner's office reports. David Van Heel, 50, of the 15100 block of Spruce Lane in Oak Forest, was pronounced dead at Palos Community Hospital early Friday, Oct. 19, the Cook County medical examiner's office confirmed. His body also had been released to the family, a representative from the agency said. READ: 5 Hurt in Series of Morning Car Crashes An autopsy performed Saturday determined Van Heel died of a myocardial infarction—or heart attack—with heart disease listed as a secondary cause, according to a Sun-Times Media …
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Lukasz Marszalek, who was convicted of aggravated speeding in the 2011 accident that killed Julie Gorczynski, apologized in the courtroom before his punishment was handed down Tuesday, the Chicago Tribune reports.
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Wednesday, September 26, 2012
The convicted driver in the 2011 Orland Park crash that killed a Frankfort teen was sentenced to six months in prison Tuesday, the Chicago Tribune reports. READ: Frankfort Teen Dies in Orland Traffic Accident Lukasz Marszalek, who was living in Lemont at the time of the crash, was convicted of aggravated speeding after the Orland Park Police's traffic division reconstructed the accident and concluded that Marszalek was going at least 76 mph in a 40-mph zone and caused the June 10, 2011, accidentGorczynski, 17. Gorczynski's death inspired the recently adopted "Julie's Law," a measure that prohibits judges from granting supervision to offenders charged with going 30 mph over the limit on highways and 25 mph in urban areas. The law was signed…
Deb
2:56 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013
We are all one bad choice away from being in the same place as Kevin. I pray for the Firdausi family, for Kevin, and for the Santiago family. more ›