Passenger Dies Weeks After Collision on Golf Road

SKOKIE, IL - A passenger in a two-vehicle crash in Skokie last month has died.

Skokie police say Sargon Mirza, 25, of Lincolnwood was pronounced dead at Evanston Hospital at 5:37 a.m. on Monday. He was the passenger in a sport utility vehicle when it crashed with a semi-tractor at 3:51 a.m. on Nov. 17 at Golf Road and Tripp Avenue.

The sport utility vehicle's driver, Stuart S. Ishnay, 29, of the 4500 block of Howard Street in Skokie was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, having no valid driver’s license and disobeying a stop sign after the crash, which caused the semi-tractor trailer to overturn.