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Maintenance worker fatally struck by truck in Hoffman Estates

Domingo Duran Soriano, 78, was struck in the 1000 block of Valley Lane, the medical examiner’s office said.

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A maintenance worker died after being struck by a truck Saturday in Hoffman Estates.

The crash happened about 12:37 p.m. in the 1000 block of Valley Lane when the vehicle struck a person on the sidewalk and then a tree, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office and Hoffman Estates police.

Domingo Duran Soriano, 78, was pronounced dead at 11:22 p.m. at Lutheran General Hospital, the medical examiner’s office said. He lived in Hanover Park.

An autopsy found he died of injuries from the crash and ruled his death an accident, the medical examiner’s office said.

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