Crime & Safety
Romeoville Cop Assists in Saving a Life at Scene of Fatal Crash: Report
A 29-year-old man was killed early Sunday morning.
One person died in a wrong-way crash on the Stevenson Expressway early Sunday morning, and another survived thanks to the help of three good samaritans who stopped at the scene, including a Romeoville police officer, ABC 7 Chicago reports.
A 29-year-old man driving the wrong way struck an SUV at around 5:30 a.m. at Lemont Road, according to the report.
The crash is under investigation.
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Romeoville cop Woodsman "Woody" Jones, a retired Burbank officer and a Chicago man who wants to join the force all stopped to help Sunday morning when they came on the crash, the Chicago Tribune reports.
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