A woman from Chicago was killed in a hit-and-run on I-55 in Bolingbrook early Friday morning.
The Will County Coroner identified her as 28-year-old Perla Andrade-Garcia.
She was driving northbound on I-55 at 3:23 a.m. when she allegedly ran out of gas and exited the vehicle with a passenger.
According to Illinois State Police, a semi truck struck two pedestrians on I-55’s shoulder before fleeing.
Andrade-Garcia was declared dead at the scene. With serious injuries, the passenger was taken to a nearby hospital.
As police investigated, there was a seven-mile backup all the way back to Route 126.
Andrade-Garcia leaves behind two children, according to her mother’s GoFundMe page for her daughter’s funeral expenses.
The police were still searching for the driver who hit the victims.
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