Crime & Safety

Jury Awards $8 Million in Homewood Woman's Tollway Death

Stacey McHale, 36, had pulled to the side of the Tri-State Tollway in 2010 to check on a flat tire when she was struck and killed by a truck, according to a report.

The family of a Homewood woman killed on the Tri-State Tollway in 2010 has received an $8 million verdict in their favor, Sun-Times Media reports.

Stacey McHale, 36, of Homewood, had pulled to the side the tollway on Feb. 15, 2010 because of a flat tire, according to the report. While checking the tire, the mother of two children was struck and killed by a semi truck.

A Cook County jury awarded the figured in a case that includes defendants Transfreight LLC and Kiswani Trucking Inc.

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