{"id":790101,"date":"2026-05-12T02:37:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T02:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/790101\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T02:37:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T02:37:12","slug":"uic-student-sariyah-watson-dies-in-interstate-88-crash-nbc-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/790101\/","title":{"rendered":"UIC student Sariyah Watson dies in Interstate 88 crash \u2013 NBC Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A University of Illinois Chicago student and women&#8217;s track and field athlete <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcchicago.com\/news\/local\/3-dead-in-wrong-way-crash-on-interstate-88-in-suburban-aurora\/3933949\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">was among three people killed in crash involving a wrong-way driver along Interstate 88<\/a> in Kane County.<\/p>\n<p>Sariyah Watson, who is from DeKalb, died following the collision in the westbound lanes of I-88 near milepost 112.25, according to Illinois State Police. Police said a vehicle traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes struck another car. Three people sustained life-threatening injuries and were later pronounced dead.<\/p>\n<p>Additional details about the collision or the other victims weren&#8217;t immediately available.<\/p>\n<p>Watson was a junior sprinter on UIC&#8217;s track and field team.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our hearts are broken by this tragic loss,&#8221; UIC Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Andrea Williams said in a statement. &#8220;On behalf of UIC, we extend our deepest condolences to Sariyah&#8217;s family, friends, teammates and loved ones during this incredibly difficult time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>UIC Athletics said it is providing support for student-athletes, coaches and staff affected by the tragedy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A University of Illinois Chicago student and women&#8217;s track and field athlete was among three people killed in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":790102,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[960,5386,1818,31887],"class_list":{"0":"post-790101","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-chicago","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-illinois","11":"tag-kane-county"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116559285260520205","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/790101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=790101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/790101\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/790102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=790101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=790101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=790101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}