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Article updated: 11/29/2012 11:00 PM

Bartlett man killed trying to helping stranded driver

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A family photo of Jack Douglas of Bartlett.

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Jack Douglas was known as the type of man who would, in the words of his son-in-law, “pay it forward.” So it probably came as no surprise to those who knew him that he died trying to help someone in need. The 80-year-old Bartlett resident died Wednesday night after being struck at 5:40 p.m. that day by a vehicle on Interstate 57 near milepost 277 in Onarga Township.