Mebbe time to add an IQ test to the driving test!! Change the law, so people like this get put away!!
Starting to worry about the next trip!
May 5, 2009
FROM STNG WIRE REPORTS
A northwest suburban woman was thrown from her motorcycle and killed Saturday evening after a female motorist -- allegedly painting her fingernails at the time of the crash -- failed to stop at a red light and slammed into the bike, authorities said.
The incident happened about 5:30 p.m. Saturday in a southbound lane of Route 12 at Old McHenry Road in an unincorporated area near Lake Zurich, according to Lake County Sheriff’s police Sgt. Scott Morrison.
Anita Zaffke, 56, of the 1500 block of Eddy Lane in Lake Zurich, died about an hour later at Advocate Good Shepard Hospital in Barrington after suffering apparent chest and abdominal injuries from being thrown from her motorcycle, Lake County Coroner Dr. Richard Keller said.
A Monday autopsy found Zaffke died of multiple internal injuries to the chest and abdominal area, as well as a spinal fracture, according to Keller, who said the death has been ruled an accident.
Zaffke’s motorcycle was stopped at a red light at the intersection -- which Morrison described as being T-shaped with a stoplight -- when a Chevrolet Impala struck the bike from behind at a high rate of speed, Morrison said.
Zaffke was thrown “a couple hundred feet," according to Keller, who said she was wearing a helmet at the time of the crash.
The driver of the Chevy has been identified as Laura Hunt, 46, of downstate Morris. She has been charged with failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident and the state’s attorney’s office is investigating further charges, Lake County Sheriff Mark Curran said. She was also hospitalized following the crash for non-life-threatening injuries.
Keller said the woman told police she was painting her fingernails and did not notice the light was red.
“There’s a lot of analysis they still have to work out on the vehicle involved in the crash to determine speed and braking,” Morrison said Sunday evening. “The investigation is ongoing but there should be charges against the woman in the very near future.”
Starting to worry about the next trip!
May 5, 2009
FROM STNG WIRE REPORTS
A northwest suburban woman was thrown from her motorcycle and killed Saturday evening after a female motorist -- allegedly painting her fingernails at the time of the crash -- failed to stop at a red light and slammed into the bike, authorities said.
The incident happened about 5:30 p.m. Saturday in a southbound lane of Route 12 at Old McHenry Road in an unincorporated area near Lake Zurich, according to Lake County Sheriff’s police Sgt. Scott Morrison.
Anita Zaffke, 56, of the 1500 block of Eddy Lane in Lake Zurich, died about an hour later at Advocate Good Shepard Hospital in Barrington after suffering apparent chest and abdominal injuries from being thrown from her motorcycle, Lake County Coroner Dr. Richard Keller said.
A Monday autopsy found Zaffke died of multiple internal injuries to the chest and abdominal area, as well as a spinal fracture, according to Keller, who said the death has been ruled an accident.
Zaffke’s motorcycle was stopped at a red light at the intersection -- which Morrison described as being T-shaped with a stoplight -- when a Chevrolet Impala struck the bike from behind at a high rate of speed, Morrison said.
Zaffke was thrown “a couple hundred feet," according to Keller, who said she was wearing a helmet at the time of the crash.
The driver of the Chevy has been identified as Laura Hunt, 46, of downstate Morris. She has been charged with failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident and the state’s attorney’s office is investigating further charges, Lake County Sheriff Mark Curran said. She was also hospitalized following the crash for non-life-threatening injuries.
Keller said the woman told police she was painting her fingernails and did not notice the light was red.
“There’s a lot of analysis they still have to work out on the vehicle involved in the crash to determine speed and braking,” Morrison said Sunday evening. “The investigation is ongoing but there should be charges against the woman in the very near future.”
