The driver of the striking vehicle, a 37-year-old Woodridge man, was taken to an area hospital for treatment.
-- A Bolingbrook woman was hit by a car and killed while pushing her own car off the road early Wednesday.They learned a woman had been pushing her disabled vehicle south on Joliet Road when she was struck from behind by another car traveling in the same direction.
The victim is identified as Jenna Cawthon, 30. Her family told CBS 2 she was a mom of two boys and will be remembered for her kindness and caring spirit.We spoke with one of Cawthon's closest friends, who told us she was likely on her way to work early Wednesday morning when the accident happened. He now worries how her kids will grow up without their mom.
"Knowing that he'll have to grow up without her after having her; being like the baby – it's like, with all babies, their mother be like their person they're closest to," said Trevon Matthews,"so it's like, just her kids having to go through that – it really, honestly hurts." Jenna Cawthon: mom of 2 boys was killed this morning in Bolingbrook. Her car broke down, she was pushing it off the road when another driver hit her from behind. Police say the driver was cited, tested and treated at the hospital for his own injuries. Details on
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