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Crash victim identified as Wheeling resident who was going to work

The man fatally struck by a car Wednesday morning in Wheeling was a local resident headed to work, police said Thursday.

Anacleto C. Norberto, 68, was killed when he was hit by a 1998 Toyota Avalon headed east on Hintz Road near Wheeling Road. An autopsy is scheduled for today, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

No charges have been filed.

Norberto worked at Lakeland Plastics in Wheeling through a temporary employment agency, police said. Norberto was about 2 miles south of home and about one-third of a mile west of the factory when he was killed.

Anyone with information can call the Wheeling Police Department’s traffic unit at (847) 459-2632.

rlissau@dailyherald.com