Pedestrian Fatally Hit: Bolingbrook Police

BOLINGBROOK, IL — A pedestrian was struck and killed Friday night in Bolingbrook, police said.

Officers were dispatched to a report of a pedestrian hit at 9:27 p.m. in the 400 block of W. North Frontage Road.

According to police, officers discovered that Marcus Marks, 52, of Chicago, was on foot when he was struck by a vehicle.

He was pronounced dead at the scene, police said, and his body was recovered by the Will County Coroner's Office.

The crash is under investigation.

Marks' death is one of several pedestrian fatalities this week in Will County.

Also on Friday, a pedestrian was pronounced dead after Will County Sheriff's deputies responded to 159th Avenue between Gougar and Cedar roads in Homer Glen.

In that incident, a driver was heading eastbound on 159th Avenue when they struck a dog in the road. Authorities said the driver stopped and also found an injured person in the roadway, who appeared to have been struck by a previous driver who didn’t stop.

On March 1, a 25-year-old Romeoville man was fatally struck on I-55 near Weber Road.

On Thursday, a 50-year-old Romeoville woman was killed when she was struck near Route 53 and Alexander Circle in Romeoville, police said.