Over the Hill Without a Van

At least Mr. Iliff still has has his health and 2 out of 6 wheels.

A Park Forest man was greeted with an unwelcome 50th birthday surprise -- someone stole his wheelchair-accessible van.

Randy Iliff, who uses a wheelchair, returned to the Richton Park Metra station last week to find his van missing. He had left it in a handicapped parking spot at the station. "At first I thought my wife and stepson took it as a practical joke," said Iliff, who turned 50 on Oct. 19. "Someone's going to pull something when you're 50."

But it was no joke.

The modified 1992 Chevrolet Conversion van with Iliff's custom-built wheelchair ramps, wheelchair charger and ham radio equipment inside disappeared from the lot while Iliff was at work at an Illinois Department of Human Services office.

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Iliff now regularly travels two miles to and from the train station to his job on his motorized wheelchair.

[Chicago Sun-Times]