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April 2, 2009
University of Chicago student killed in crash
Emma Stanger, 20, lost control of her car and crashed into the median on I-55.
According to Illinois State Police Sgt. Mike Karpinski, Stanger was driving along 1-55 when she lost control of the car she was driving and hit the I-55 median wall around 2:50 am on Sunday. She was pronounced dead at the hospital.
Stanger, grew up in Worthington, Ohio, attended the Thomas Wortington High School where she was a star swimmer and water polo player.
Stanger was accepted to University of Chicago were she was majoring in chemistry. She had made the dean's list and was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority.
Stanger is survived by her sister Bess, 18, brother Dub ,15 and her father, Phil Stanger, a Worthing lawyer.
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