Crime & Safety

Oak Forest Woman Dies after Crash

The woman was involved in a crash at 159th and Central Avenue.

An Oak Forest woman died Sunday following a traffic crash at 159th and Central Avenue.

Pamela Dettmering, 60, was injured in the crash and taken to Advocate South Suburban Hospital in Hazel Crest. Dettmering, of the 15500 block of Ridgeland Avenue, died at the hospital Sunday at 2:28 a.m.

An autopsy concluded she died of multiple injuries from a motor vehicle striking a fixed object, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office. Her death has been ruled an accident.

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