The Lake County Coroner’s Office on Monday afternoon, September 9, 2024 released the identity of a woman killed in a hit-and-run crash as 18-year-old Tiana Smith, of Zion. Earlier on Monday, September 9, 2024, an autopsy was conducted at the Lake County Coroner’s Office. Autopsy results indicate that Ms. Smith died from Blunt Force Injuries as a result of the crash.
Lake County Sheriff’s Traffic Crash Investigators investigated overnight a fatal hit-and-run crash that occurred late night Friday in Wadsworth on Dilleys Road near the Gold Pyramid and south of Wadsworth Road.
Lake County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched about 11:45 p.m. Friday, September 6, 2024, to a report of a ‘person down’ on Dilleys Road just south of Wadsworth Road. Lake County Sheriff’s deputies arrived and located an adult woman deceased in the roadway. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office indicated the woman sustained significant trauma, consistent with being struck by a vehicle.
Based on a preliminary investigation, sheriff’s crash investigators believe the woman was riding a bicycle northbound on Dilleys Road, when she was struck from behind by a northbound black or dark GMC SUV. When she was struck, she was thrown from the bicycle, and the bicycle became lodged under the SUV. With the bicycle lodge under the GMC, the driver fled from the scene. The woman was then struck by a southbound Hyundai Elantra, driven by a 23-year-old man of Waukegan. That driver of the Hyundai is cooperative with the investigation.
Information was received from a witness who saw a GMC SUV dragging a bicycle while eastbound on Wadsworth Road from Delaney Road. The vehicle was identified and located parked at a residence in Winthrop Harbor by 12:40 a.m. Saturday. The vehicle had damage consistent with being involved in the hit-and-run crash, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office. The vehicle was seized, and crash investigators have identified the suspected driver of that vehicle as a 32-year-old man of Winthrop Harbor. The identity of the suspect was not initially released.
The Lake County Coroner’s Office responded to the scene, and is in the process of identifying the woman and scheduling an autopsy.
The crash remains under investigation by the Lake County Sheriff’s Office Technical Crash Investigations Team and criminal charges will be sought following the conclusion of their investigation.
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