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Skokie woman dies as Swift severs car

  • Date: Jan. 29, 1981
  • Source: Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, January 29, 1981, Sec. 1, p. 1
  • Author: Linton, Cynthia
  • Summary: Pearl Klopman, 65, of 4700 Old Orchard Road, was killed Jan. 28 when the car she was driving was cut in half by a Skokie Swift train. Klopman had driven around lowered gates and into the path of an eastbound train.
  • Skokie Swift
    Accidents
    Klopman, Pearl