A religion group in Chicago’s Ukrainian Village is devastated after the spouse of a former priest was killed by a hit-and-run driver.
At St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral on Friday night time, prayers had been stated for 66-year-old Halyna Hudzan, who was struck and killed on Friday. Hudzan was lively within the choir and volunteered at parish dinners, mates and parishioners said.
Chicago police stated she was in a crosswalk close to Oakley and Superior streets at round 9 a.m. when a driver making a flip ran her over and did not cease.
“I imply, how do you not see someone within the crosswalk, what are you distracted by?” stated Phyllis Muryn Zaparaniuk of St. Nicholas Ukrainian Cathedral. “How do you miss someone in a crosswalk? I simply don’t get it…be it Mrs. Hudzan or any particular person.”
The road lies within the coronary heart of the Ukrainian group – close to the church, the museum and a memorial for these misplaced within the warfare. Mates stated Hudzan was strolling to her job at a close-by Ukrainian financial institution when she was killed.
Initially from Ukraine – she and her husband, a priest, moved to Chicago and raised a household.
“She’ll be remembered for the work she did locally, the heat she prolonged to individuals,” Zaparaniuk stated. “There’s so much that might be missed about her, the checklist is simply too lengthy to exit with.”
Police imagine the driving force was touring in a more recent 2022 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross.
As of late Friday, nobody was in custody.
