Rolling Meadows of Illinois: On Wednesday, August 3, a Rolling Meadows father who was hospitalized following a wrong-way collision off I-90 that killed seven people, including his wife and four children in Hampshire, died of injuries. After being airlifted to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood early Sunday, Thomas Dobosz, 32, was receiving treatment there for serious injuries. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office reports he was pronounced dead at the hospital at 11:17 a.m. Wednesday. There hasn’t been an autopsy yet.
Thomas Dobosz and his entire family lost their lives in a fatal car accident
Police say Jennifer Fernandez, 22, was driving a gray Acura on I-90 near Hampshire, Illinois when she collided with Dobosz’s blue Chevrolet pickup truck, according to The Sun. Fernandez hit Dobosz head-on as he was traveling in the opposite direction of traffic, setting both vehicles on fire. With Dobosz’s wife, Lauren, 31, and five children – two 13-year-old girls, two seven- and six-year-old boys and a five-year-old girl – the driver of the gray Acura automobile and the people inside of his van were killed instantly. on the site. The names of four of the five children who belonged to the couple were Emma, Lucas, Nicky and Ella. A family acquaintance told local media that 13-year-old Katriona Koziara, a friend of the couple’s eldest daughter, also perished in the tragic collision.
Dobosz’s death was also confirmed Wednesday by Illinois State Police and the administrator of a GoFundMe page for the family. We are here today with an update on Tom, but with sad hearts. Tom is now with his wonderful wife Lauren and his priceless children after receiving his angel wings. Please remember his family in your prayers, as we ask. According to Metro.UK, Lisa Torres of the Oriole Park Falcons, a youth football and pep group the family participated in in Chicago’s northwest neighborhood, said “all proceeds go to the family”.
Oriole Park Falcons head coach Sam Filpi also confirmed Dobosz’s disappearance. The Dobosz family played in the Falcons, a traveling youth football and pep team. The team returned to the pitch for the first time on Wednesday, with Filpi acknowledging his religion as the source of his perseverance during this difficult time. According to Filpi, “Belief in God. that it happens for a reason. that we are all partners in this area. According to Filpi, the Dobosz family was constantly willing to volunteer, coach, play, or generate money for the team. He remarked, “I almost dropped my phone and just couldn’t believe it.” “We didn’t know what to do. We had no idea. You don’t know what to do in this circumstance.
Filpi claimed that even after moving several miles away, the family never skipped a game. Two of the children in the relationship were coached by him, with Lauren serving as a team mom. They were constantly present. They were always there, with her as the mother of the team. It demonstrates dedication and love for a program, as well as love for the participants. We felt that about them, he continued. Friends of Thomas Dobosz gathered for an impromptu memorial Wednesday night at Chicago’s Oriole Park during football practice. It is at the same location that a memorial balloon release for Kat Koziara and the rest of the Dobosz family took place on Monday.
Katriona’s mother, Kasia Koziara, told the Daily Herald that she was planning her daughter’s funeral and planned to hold a memorial service at a Rolling Meadows park soon. The teenager, affectionately known as Kat by family and friends, was a student teacher with the Prospect Heights-based Breaking Program, a breakdancing group that offers dance lessons and workshops, where she supervised classes and helped young people. As Katriona “has and always will be loved and remembered by many”, added her mother, “it is really appreciated to help us”. “She deserves the best send-off I can give to honor her life and her destiny in paradise.”
