OAK LAWN, IL — Jean Stickney, Kab Kim, and Edward Carthans were killed in a chain-reaction accident that happened in Oak Lawn, Illinois on Sunday, October 5th, 2014. The news from CSN Chicago said that the accident happened at around 5:00 Sunday afternoon.
86-year-old Jean Stickney, and 48-year-old Kab Kim were killed when the car they were in became involved in an eleven vehicle chain-reaction accident that happened at the intersection of West 95th Street and South Cicero Avenue. Officials said that a man that was possibly having a medical episode may have run the red light at the intersection.
Kim and Stickney were killed in the accident, while the driver of the offending vehicle, identified as Edward Carthans, who was also killed in the accident.
The investigation into the accident is currently ongoing.
Scene of the Accident
Commentary:
The news implied that a medical episode could be behind this accident. I get questions about this all the time, and in most cases, accidents caused by medical emergencies are usually still covered by a typical insurance policy. Now, whether or not the insurance company is going to fight the claim for any number of reasons is a different story.
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