Crime & Safety
Woman, 42, Dies After Car Hits Light Pole On Cicero Avenue: OFPD
The accident happened Sunday just before 8 p.m., Oak Forest police said.
OAK FOREST, IL — A 42-year-old woman died following a single-car crash Sunday night in Oak Forest, police said.
Clotilde Cuesta, of Hazel Crest, was driving northbound near 151st and Cicero Avenue when the car she was in struck a light pole on the northeast corner of the intersection just before 8 p.m, Oak Forest Police Chief Jason Reid said. Cuesta was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead at 8:40 p.m., according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office.
The crash is still under investigation, police said.
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