Momence Woman Hit & Killed While Jogging

42-year-old Gina Wooldridge of Momence died Monday night when hit by a car while jogging. .

Gina Wooldridge was jogging on Wichert Road in Momence Township when she was struck by the car. Kankakee County Coroner Bob Gessner said she was pronounced dead at 9:53 p.m. at Riverside Medical Center.

An autopsy was scheduled.


No citations have been issued to the driver of the car yet, but the accident is still under investigation, Kankakee County sheriff's police Chief Deputy Ken McCabe said.

The car was westbound on Wichert Road when it hit  Wooldridge near 10100E Road.  

Police said alcohol was not believed to be a factor. The driver was not exceeding the 35 mile-an-hour speed limit at the time of the crash. Toxicology reports will not be available for weeks, McCabe said.

Gessner said Wooldridge was wearing dark clothes with no reflectors when she was hit at 9:10 p.m.

 

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