Daily Southtown: Olympia Fields crash victim receives $1M settlement after road rage incident

OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. – An Indiana woman has been awarded a settlement of $1 million following a May 2019 crash in Olympia Fields stemming from a road rage incident that has left her “deathly afraid” of being in a vehicle, her attorney said Wednesday.

Melanie Pryor, 59, of Schererville, has not physically been able to drive since the crash due to injuries she suffered, including multiple rib fractures and a hip injury that required surgery, according to Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard, the Chicago law firm that represented her.

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