Crash victim ID'd as Arlington Heights woman
Authorities on Saturday identified the person who was killed in a car crash Friday evening as a 90-year-old Arlington Heights woman. Lilly Thompson died of multiple blunt force injuries from the collision, according to the Cook County medical examiner.
Arlington Heights police said Friday evening that an SUV turning left onto Hintz Road from northbound Arlington Heights Road was struck by a Chevy Cavalier just before 4 p.m.
The driver of the Kia Sportage was taken to a hospital, where she died shortly after arrival, police said.
Buffalo Grove firefighters tended to the Chevy driver, who was not hospitalized, police said.
Police said the crash remains under investigation.
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