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Man fatally struck by truck in Schiller Park

By sarahtr

A man died early Thursday after he was struck by a truck in northwest suburban Schiller Park.

Cordell Fleming, 24 of the 5200 block of South Lowe, was pronounced at 8:33 a.m. Thursday at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Fleming died from multiple injuries after he was struck by a truck at 5612 N. Mannheim Rd. in Schiller Park, and his death was ruled an accident, the medical examiner’s office said.

Schiller Park police could not provide details Friday night.

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