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Nick's to Donate Thursday's Proceeds to Late Employee's Family

Huntley teen was killed in a February car accident.

A Crystal Lake business, and the community, is helping the family who lost a loved one earlier this year. 

is donating all proceeds today (Thursday, March 22) to the family of Jennifer Kearns, a Huntley teen who died in a car accident in February.

Kearns worked at Nick’s through high school and during her breaks from college, where she was studying to be a dental hygienist.

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Kearns was a passenger in a 1995 Jeep Cherokee driven by Zachary C. Richardson, 22, of Union, when it went off the roadway on Marengo Road in Coral Township.

Kearns and Richardson were ejected from the vehicle. Kearns was pronounced dead at the scene.

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“Jennifer was a rock star kitchen team member, we will always be grateful to have had her as a par of the Nick’s family,” Nick Sarillo, owner of Nick’s Pizza & Pub, said.

For more information, guests can contact Nick's, 856 Pyott Road in Crystal Lake, at 815.356.5550.


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