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