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Monday, November 26, 2012

Balloon Release Honors Memory of Kaylah Lentine

Friends and family gather to mark six-month anniversary of 14-year-old, Hometown girl who was killed in May while crossing intersection at Southwest Highway and Cicero Avenue.

Six months ago instead of looking forward to a class field trip to Great America and graduating from eighth grade, Kaylah Lentine’s wide circle of friends were instead coping with the 14-year-old’s sudden death. Sign up for the Oak Lawn Patch newsletter and breaking news alerts. On May 24, Kaylah died of injuries she sustained from being hit by a pick-up truck trying to cross the intersection of Southwest Highway and Cicero Avenue—arguably one of the most dangerous corners for pedestrians in the Southland—while on her way to a morning awards assembly at Oak Lawn-Hometown Middle School. Kaylah was to have picked up an award for her leadership in Students Against Destructive Decisions. As president of the school organization, she took her …

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Middle-Schooler Dies of Injuries After Being Hit By Truck, Oak Lawn-Hometown Middle School, Oak Lawn Community High School, and 2 more ›

candy king

11:35 am on Friday, May 3, 2013

God. Bless. U. And. Family   more ›

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Kaylah's Mom Goes Before Traffic Review Committee on Aug. 2

Family of Kaylah Lentine, 14, who died of her injuries after being hit by a pick-up truck at the intersection of Southwest Highway and Cicero Avenue in May, will ask the Oak Lawn Traffic Review Committee to support making safety modifications to corner.

  The mother of a 14-year-old, Hometown girl that was struck and killed crossing the intersection of Southwest Highway and Cicero Avenue after she had missed the morning school bus on May 24, is set to go before the traffic review committee on Thursday. Although the accident is still under police investigation, Krista Wilkinson believes that had there been a pedestrian crossing light at the corner her daughter, Kaylah Lentine, may be alive today. The driver of the pick-up truck that struck the Oak Lawn-Hometown Middle School student has not been charged. Wilkinson implored the Oak Lawn Village Board lobby the Illinois Department of Transportation last month to update the corner to make it safer for pedestrians, bicyclists and motorists. …

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Middle-Schooler Dies of Injuries After Being Hit By Truck, Family Wants Safety Modifications Added To Intersection Where 8th Grader Was Killed, and Mom Asks Village Board to Support 'Kaylah's Cause'

U.N. Owen

2:20 pm on Monday, December 10, 2012

Does anybody find it suspicious that the driver (not saying he is guilty or not) has still not surrendered his cell phone records over to the police? Maybe he is hidding something perhaps? Is there more to this story that there appears to be? If I were the OLPD I would go get a warrant for this guy to release his cell phone records so we can finally settle this so Kaylah and her family can be at …   more ›

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