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County continues to investigate crash that killed pedestrians near Winnetka

Three weeks later authorities still have offered no further insight into a tragic traffic crash that killed two pedestrians near the border of Winnetka and Kenilworth.

The Cook County Sheriff’s Office continues to investigate the collision, in which a vehicle struck two women and an infant on Friday evening, May 2, off Church Road in an unincorporated portion of the county. The two women — Kenilworth resident Sediqeh “Asra” Samadi, 37, and her mother, Raziyeh Sigary, 58 — were killed.

How the crash happened remains unclear, and as of press time (Friday, May 23), no criminal charges or traffic citations had been administered.

The Record’s public-requests request was, for the most part, denied, with the sheriff’s office citing its ongoing investigation. The Record did receive a heavily redacted crash report that reveals only a few details.

According to the report, the incident occurred at 1 Indian Hill Country Club Road in New Trier Township, which is the address of Indian Hill Country Club. A flower memorial as well as debris at the scene indicate the tragedy occurred just south of a secondary exit to the country club along Church Road.

Responding units from the sheriff’s office took over at approximately 5:50 p.m. for Winnetka Police Department personnel who were securing the scene, the report says.

Samadi was transported to Evanston Hospital, where she died at 6:30 p.m. The medical examiner arrived on-scene at 7:47 p.m.

All other information on the report was redacted amid the ongoing investigation.

In its initial statement, the sheriff’s office said no foul play was suspected in the crash, which also hospitalized the driver and the car’s passenger with non-life-threatening injuries. Investigators have asked anyone with information to call (708) 765-4896.

Stay tuned to The Record North Shore as this story develops.


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