Victim In Fatal Lake Forest Hit-And-Run Identified As Local CEO

LAKE FOREST, IL — The pedestrian fatally struck by a hit-and-run driver last week has been identified as a Lake Forest man who lived near the crash site.

Stephen Kennedy, 62, died Thursday afternoon as a result of injuries from being hit by a pickup truck around 10:45 a.m. near the intersection of Mayflower and Rosemary roads, the Lake County Coroner's Office announced Monday.

Investigators are searching for a white Ford 150 pickup truck that fled south on Mayflower Road, leaving behind its passenger-side mirror in pieces, according to photos released by Lake Forest police.

No description of its driver or model year was available from police, and police are unsure how fast the truck was traveling at the time of the collision.

Kennedy was a entrepreneur and avid athlete, according to an obituary from his family. He has founded two companies, served as the CEO of four companies, completed numerous triathlons and several marathons at a nearly 6-minute-per-mile pace, it said.

His family plans to hold a celebration of his life after restrictions on gatherings are lifted.

Records show Kennedy owned a home on Westleigh Road, about a mile south of the crash site, from which he operated a company that uses pulsed electron beam technology to reduce nitrogen oxide pollution from coal-fired power plans.

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