Anacleto C. Norberto, 68, Remembered After Fatal October 14 Car Crash While Walking to Work in Wheeling, Illinois
Anacleto C. Norberto, 68, died Wednesday morning, October 14, 2026, after a 1998 Toyota Avalon struck Norberto on Hintz Road near Wheeling Road in Wheeling, Illinois.
Authorities identified Norberto on Thursday, October 15, and said Norberto had been walking to work when the crash occurred.
Norberto lived approximately two miles south of the crash site and worked at Lakeland Plastics, about one-third of a mile east of the location, through a temporary employment agency.
The Cook County medical examiner’s office scheduled an autopsy, while police reported that officials had filed no charges as of October 16.
Anyone with information can contact the Wheeling Police Department traffic unit at 847-459-2632.
The community mourns Norberto’s loss and remembers a dedicated worker whose morning journey ended in tragedy.
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