WOMAN FOUND DEAD ON OUTBOUND LANES OF BISHOP FORD FREEWAY; REPORT SHE FELL OR WAS PUSHED OUT OF WHITE SUV

TUE FEB 12 2013 ~12:45 AM
ILLINOIS STATE POLICE/ALSIP FIRE DEPARTMENT
CRASH/CRIME SCENE
41.619116,-87.579017 (OUTBOUND BISHOP FORD NEAR 152ND ST)

ILLINOIS STATE TROOPER DISCOVERED BODY OF WOMAN IN OB LANES OF BISHOP FORD FREEWAY NEAR 152ND STREET. VICTIM APPARENTLY FELL OR WAS PUSHED OUT OF A WHITE SUV.

COOK COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER HAS IDENTIFIED THE VICTIM AS JENNIFER MITCHELL, 27, OF CHICAGO.



MOTORISTS' TIPS HELPED POLICE LOCATE THE SUV. THE DRIVER OF THE SUV, MALE/28-YEARS-OLD CRASHED AT 127TH AND CICERO DURING ATTEMPT AT TRAFFIC STOP AFTER PURSUIT NB I-294 ABOUT 16 MILES FROM FIRST SCENE (estimated route http://goo.gl/maps/JlFPq). DRIVER TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL WITH NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES. POSSIBLE OTHER INJURIES -- NOT CONFIRMED.

ALL LANES ON THE OB BISHOP FORD BETWEEN SIBLEY AND 159TH STREET WERE CLOSED UNTIL ABOUT 6:00 AM TUESDAY.

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