Highland Park police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 2:30 p.m. Monday to the 700 block of Central Avenue after a car jumped onto a sidewalk and struck a 5-year-old girl, her 2-year-old brother, her 4-year-old brother and her 25-year-old mother. Five-year-old Jaclyn Santos-Sacramento was transported to Evanston Hospital where she was pronounced dead about 5:00 p.m. Her brothers and mother were transported to Highland Park Hospital.
The 18-year-old female driver of the Lexus that hit the pedestrians was treated and released. No word on arrests or charges.
View Larger Map
Stay informed with news from The Cardinal’s Emergencies Behind the Scenes Facebook page — Facebook.com/CardinalEmergencies. Includes links to favorite public safety and emergency rescuers and product manufacturers and safety companies that have facebook pages. Submit your pictures or just stay up-to-date on with fire, rescue, EMS and police photo galleries. Please add your public safety photo to the wall album — go direct to the Arlington Cardinal Emergencies Behind the Scenes photos. For a list of all of The Cardinal Facebook fan pages, go to Arlingtoncardinal.com/about/facebook …
