Young woman visiting friends at University of Illinois killed in Urbana hit-and-run crash

By Ethan Illers and Angelica Sanchez| WCIA.com

GLENVIEW, Ill. – A young woman from the Northwest suburbs was one of two people killed in a hit-and-run crash in Urbana last week.

The woman’s family said she was in town visiting friends at the University of Illinois.

Katie Abraham, 20, and so much ahead of her.

“Katie was such a personality. She was so witty, so clever,” her father Joe Abraham said. “It’s like it’s not real. It’s devastating; it’s not anything you expect or prepare for.”

Joe and Katie’s stepmother Michelle said they’ve been robbed of the light she brought them, her mother, siblings and families.

“She just brightened every room. This world will be a worse place without her,” Joe said.
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