Wadsworth is a village in Lake County, Illinois, with a population of approximately 3,535.
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All news →Family raising money for funeral expenses after couple killed in head-on crash with semi-truck in Wadsworth
A family is raising money for funeral expenses after a man and a woman, who were partners, both died when their car collided head-on into a semi-truck on Route 173 in Wadsworth last week. An autopsy performed Thursday showed that Kelly Wooten, 51, of Stoughton, Wisconsin, and Jacklyn Bradley, 45,...
Coroner identifies man, woman killed after car crashes head-on into semi-truck on Route 173 in Wadsworth
The coroner has released the identities of a man in his 50s and a woman in her 40s who both died when their car collided head-on into a semi-truck on Route 173 in Wadsworth Thursday. An autopsy performed Thursday showed that Kelly Wooten, 51, of Stoughton, Wisconsin, and Jacklyn Bradley, 45, of S...
Kelly Wooten and Jacklyn Bradley, of Stoughton, Wisconsin, killed in Wadsworth, Illinois semi, car crash on Route 173: officials
Kelly Wooten and Jacklyn Bradley, of Stoughton, Wisconsin, killed in Wadsworth, Illinois semi, car crash on Route 173: officials ABC7 Chicago
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