Overview
- Deputies responded around 6 p.m. Friday to 159th Avenue between Gougar and Cedar roads in Homer Glen after reports of an injured person in the roadway.
- An initial investigation indicates an eastbound driver struck a dog and stopped, then found a person who appeared to have been hit earlier by a different vehicle that left the scene.
- The driver who stopped and a passerby called 911 and rendered aid to the injured person.
- The victim later died, and the Will County Coroner has not released the person's identity.
- ABC7 reports video indicating a dog was also killed, and the sheriff's office declined to comment on the animal.