Saturday, February 2, 2013
The following is a selection of police-related items from area Patches. Where an arrest is referenced it does not indicate a conviction.
Niles Out-of-Control School Bus Hits Six Cars An out-of-control school bus, empty except for the driver, careened down Oakton Street and hit about six other vehicles Tuesday, just before 2:30 p.m. The bus traveled more than a mile westbound from about Milwaukee Avenue to Greenwood Avenue through Niles and Park Ridge, according to Park Ridge Police Commander Lou Jogmen. It traveled in the oncoming traffic lanes. The driver may have been suffering from a medical condition, he said. Minor injuries were reported. Park Ridge police got a call at 2:29 p.m. indicating the bus had struck a vehicle at Oakton Street at Oriole. As they were responding, reports of additional collisions came in. The bus traveled right past Emerson Middle School, on …
Friday, February 1, 2013
Shawn Daro was killed in a Chicago car accident on Tuesday. Visitation for the Stevenson High School graduate will be held on Monday in Palatine and funeral mass will be held Tuesday at Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago.
Shawna Lee Daro was born on March 23, 1982 and passed away on January 29, 2013. Daro, 30, of Chicago, is formerly of Kildeer and Palatine. Beloved daughter of Tim and Linda Daro; loving sister of Meghan (Matt) Frisch and Matthew Daro; cherished granddaughter of Robert and Barbara Deja and the late Stanley and Sabina Daro; fond niece and cousin to many. Funeral Information Visitation Monday, February 4 from 3 p.m until 9 p.m. at Smith-Corcoran Funeral Home, 185 E. Northwest Hwy., Palatine. Family and friends will meet Tuesday at Holy Name Cathedral, 735 N. State St., Chicago, for visitation from 9:30am until time of mass at 10:30am. Interment will be private. Donations Information Memorial donations in Shawna's name to Shades of Hope, 402 …
Thursday, January 31, 2013
An autopsy is scheduled this afternoon for Arlington Heights resident Shawna Daro. At the time of her death, she was employed at Bernard and Company in Palatine.
UPDATED Friday, February 1 6:45 a.m. The Cook County Medical Examiner's office has released a cause of death for 30-year-old Shawna Daro of Arlington Heights. Daro's autopsy was held Thursday, and it was determined her death was accidential. She died of multiple blunt force injuries and acute ethnanol intoxication, according to the medical examiner's office. EARLIER: An autopsy is scheduled later this afternoon for Shawna Daro, 30, of Arlington Heights who was killed in a one car accident just after midnight on Tuesday, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office. According to her LinkedIn profile, Daro was employed at Palatine-based Bernard and Company as an executive assistant at the time of her death. Officer Laura Kubiak…
Pam DeFiglio
10:47 pm on Saturday, February 2, 2013
The school bus was owned by Septran, Inc. I did the reporting on the story, and it appeared to be out of their Northbrook office, but they have not yet returned my phone calls inquiring about it. more ›