SUV strikes, kills married couple in SW Downers Grove

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It's unclear if the couple was crossing in a designated crosswalk.

DOWNERS GROVE, IL – A man and a woman sustained fatal injuries last Friday in an auto-pedestrian crash in southeast DuPage County, reports WGN 9.

Around 6 p.m., emergency crews responded to a major accident on Belmont Road just north of Maple Avenue in the city of Downers Grove, which is approximately 23 miles southwest of Chicago.

Police say that a speeding vehicle hit 42-year-old Marquisa Morris and 44-year-old Jermaine Morris as they were crossing Belmont from east to west.

Both Marquisa and Jermaine died after transport to an area hospital.

The driver involved in the crash stopped to render and and to speak with police.

No charges have been filed so far.

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