Beecher man killed in truck crash

Gary M. Schwartz, 42, of Beecher, died Wednesday morning after the pickup truck he was driving left the road and crashed into several trees Tuesday night, Will County sheriff's police said.

Police were called to Old Monee Road just north of Stuenkel Road about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday.

According to police reports, Schwartz was driving south on Old Monee Road when he lost control of his 2006 Ford F-150 pickup. It appears Schwartz was not wearing a seat belt.

Schwartz was transported to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn and died at 5 a.m. Wednesday, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

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Killed Pembroke man's truck reported stolen

The daughter of a 70-year-old Pembroke man who killed in his home last month reported her father's truck stolen Friday afternoon.

Thad Wells was found dead in his home on 5000 South Road in Pembroke Township on July 28. On Friday, his daughter, who lives in northern Illinois, told police his 1990 red GMC pickup truck had been stolen within the last week, according to a Kankakee County sheriff's report.

It appears Wells died from gunshot wounds, Kankakee County Coroner Bob Gessner said earlier this month.

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