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Joliet woman killed in car crash Wednesday morning

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The Bolingbrook Police Department is investigating a car crash that killed a Joliet resident on Wednesday morning.

A motor vehicle struck Jenna Cawthon, 30, while she was tending to her disabled vehicle, according to the Will County Coroner’s Office.

Cawthon was pronounced dead at 7:05 a.m. at Joliet Road and 107th St. in Bolingbrook, the coroner’s office said. A preliminary autopsy performed on Wednesday revealed multiple injuries, the coroner’s office said.

The final cause and manner of death will be determined at a later date pending police, autopsy and toxicological reports, the coroner’s office said.

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Denise M. Baran-Unland

Denise M. Baran-Unland is the features editor for The Herald-News in Joliet. She covers a variety of human interest stories. She also writes the long-time weekly tribute feature “An Extraordinary Life about local people who have died. She studied journalism at the College of St. Francis in Joliet, now the University of St. Francis.