2 from Chicago area die after car plummets from Indy parking garage
Two Chicago-area residents died Wednesday in Indianapolis after their SUV fell several stories from a parking garage.
Charles Hunt, 73, and Iristeen Hunt, 70, both of south suburban University Park, were killed, the Marion County, Indiana, coroner’s office said.
The pair were inside an SUV that drove off a downtown parking garage and plummeted three stories before landing on its roof, the Indianapolis Fire Department said in a statement.
The SUV knocked over a concrete wall that fell along with the SUV, the department said.
Fire crews responded at 9:50 a.m. to the garage at 222 E. Market St. and spent about a half-hour removing the occupants, the department said. The woman, who was driving, and the man were pronounced dead at the scene.
Investigators determined the SUV was traveling on the third floor of the parking garage when, for an unknown reason, it struck a rear corner of an unoccupied vehicle before crashing through the wall of the garage and falling 20 feet, the department said.
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Special needs school bus aide charged with striking child, knocking out 2 teeth
Jean M. Micklevitz, 63, a former Burlington Central School District bus aide, has been charged with striking a young child and knocking out two teeth in the northwest suburbs.
Micklevitz allegedly hit a child younger than 13 in the face when she was a helper on a bus for special needs students for Burlington Central School District 301, prosecutors said.
The child entered the bus on Oct. 2 and asked for a juice box, and Micklevitz said food and drink wasn’t allowed, prosecutors said.
When the child refused to move from the bus steps, Micklevitz allegedly grabbed him and dragged him to a seat, prosecutors said. She allegedly struck him multiple times in the face, prosecutors said.
Micklevitz and the bus driver were immediately suspended after the school was notified of the incident, according to District 301 superintendent Todd Stirn. They were both dismissed on Oct. 21.
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Officials: 2nd Illinois vaping-related death
A second Illinois resident has died after being hospitalized for a vaping-related lung injury, according to state health officials. The Illinois Department of Public Health released information about the death Thursday but declined to say the patient’s age or where they died, citing patient privacy concerns.