{"id":102742,"date":"2026-01-16T22:52:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T22:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/102742\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T22:52:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T22:52:32","slug":"manhattan-woman-24-identified-as-driver-in-crash-with-bus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/102742\/","title":{"rendered":"Manhattan woman, 24, identified as driver in crash with bus"},"content":{"rendered":"

Makenna M. Maurisak, a 24-year-old Manhattan woman, was killed Thursday as a result of a crash with a school bus<\/a> on eastbound Manhattan-Monee Road in Manhattan Township, the Will County coroner\u2019s office reported Friday.<\/p>\n

Illinois State Police said the accident occurred at 8:17 a.m. just west of School House Road.<\/p>\n

Preliminary information indicates a Chevrolet Malibu sedan driven by Maurisak was traveling east while the school bus was heading west, Illinois State Police said Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor an unknown reason, the driver of the Chevrolet Malibu lost control of their vehicle and crossed over the center boundary line into the westbound lanes,\u201d police said.<\/p>\n

The front of the school bus struck the passenger side of the Chevrolet Malibu, police said.<\/p>\n

The school bus was transporting students from Manhattan Elementary District 114, officials said. Ten children and the school bus driver were taken to Silver Cross Hospital as a precaution, but no serious injuries were reported.<\/p>\n

All students were released to their parents by Thursday afternoon, District 114 said.<\/p>\n

State police said Friday they are continuing their investigation and did not have more information.<\/p>\n

Village safety concerns<\/p>\n

Manhattan Mayor Mike Adrieansen called it a heartbreaking tragedy. He said village officials are listening to residents\u2019 concerns and meeting with Illinois Department of Transportation officials to push for more road safety measures.<\/p>\n

Thursday\u2019s crash came just months after a 13-year-old boy riding his bike was struck and killed<\/a> by a semitruck near State Street and East North Street.<\/p>\n

Adrieansen said the speed limit is too high and there have been three fatalities in the past several years.<\/p>\n

IDOT has initiated a safety study that is expected to be released in the summer, Adrieansen said. A three-way stop, crosswalk and flashing lights were installed in the fall at State Street and East North, at the request of the community.<\/p>\n

Residents are also concerned with the speed limit on Manhattan-Monee Road, west of Cedar Road, which is 45 mph and drops to 30 mph. The road heading east to Interstate 57 is also narrow, Adrieansen said.<\/p>\n

Other concerns residents have shared are the increasing number of semitrucks traveling through the village, Adrieansen said.<\/p>\n

Manhattan engineers are designing safety crosswalks and street lighting to cross Route 52 safely and have installed security cameras downtown allowing police to monitor traffic.<\/p>\n

Adrieansen said residents\u2019 advocacy has also been responsible for a lot of progress being made.<\/p>\n

Michelle Mullins is a freelance reporter for the Daily Southtown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Makenna M. Maurisak, a 24-year-old Manhattan woman, was killed Thursday as a result of a crash with a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":102743,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[29863,29864,29865,29866,29867,9222,29868,29869,29870,29871,5350,267,29872,75,84,83,29873,29874,9,24,63,29875,29876,29877,29878,29879,7057],"class_list":["post-102742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-blue-island","tag-calumet-city","tag-chicago-heights","tag-cook-county","tag-country-club-hills","tag-daily-southtown","tag-dolton","tag-frankfort","tag-harvey","tag-homer-glen","tag-illinois","tag-local-news","tag-lockport","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-markham","tag-mokena","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-oak-lawn","tag-orland-park","tag-palos-heights","tag-palos-hills","tag-tinley-park","tag-will-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102742\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}