Woman charged in fatal hit-and-run of bicyclist in Highland Park
Melanie Haas, 41, is charged with leaving the scene of a fatal accident. Maureen Wener, 49, was struck and killed while biking June 2.
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Melanie Haas, 41, is charged with leaving the scene of a fatal accident. Maureen Wener, 49, was struck and killed while biking June 2.
A wrongful-death lawsuit was filed Monday in the 19th Circuit Court for a Highland Park hit-and-run fatality in June. Maureen Wener, 49, died from her injuries after being struck by a vehicle on June 2 at the intersection of Deerfield Road and Piccadilly Road while she was riding her bicycle. The driver, who the News-Sun is not naming because they haven’t been charged with an offense, fled the ...
Maureen Wener was riding her bike Friday afternoon when she was hit by a car near Deerfield and Piccadilly roads. The driver did not stop.
Wener, who was elected to the Deerfield District 109 school board in 2021 and was a well-known local proponent of civic engagement, will be “deeply missed” by her community, District 109 board President Sari Montgomery wrote in a district announcement Sunday.
The team also taught a beginning robotics class in a Deerfield elementary school and hope to bring that program to CPS.