'Months of heartbreak, sleepless nights': Police announce arrest of driver who allegedly fatally struck mother and fled in Winthrop Harbor

Published
June 22, 2026
Outcome
Fatal
Location
Winthrop Harbor, California
Sheridan Road between 14th Street and 16th Street
Incident type
Hit and run, Pedestrian struck

Summary

Pedestrian Hit Winthrop Harbor California in Winthrop Harbor, California: Shanna White, a 50-year-old Waukegan mother, was struck and killed by a vehicle while walking on Sheridan Road between 14th Street and 16th Street in Winthrop Harbor around 11:10 p.m. in February. The driver fled northbound on Sheridan Road. Following an investigation, a grand jury indicted Travis Walter-Wesley Kern, 35, of Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, on charges of failure to report a crash involving death and leaving the scene of a crash involving injury or death, and Kern turned himself in to the Lakewood Police Department in Colorado on Sunday.

Publicly reported parties

Name Role Status
Shanna White Driver Fatal
Travis Walter-Wesley Kern Unknown Unknown

Original reporting

'Months of heartbreak, sleepless nights': Police announce arrest of driver who allegedly fatally struck mother and fled in Winthrop Harbor

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