A man crosses Church road at Corperate Blvd in Aurora where Theresa M. Burns, 57, was struck and killed by a car on Monday, January 21, 2013. | Brian Powers~Sun-Times Media
The scene on Church Road north of Corperate Blvd in Aurora where Theresa M. Burns, 57, was struck and killed on Monday, January 21, 2013. | Brian Powers~Sun-Times Media
The Northern Illinois Academy in Aurora where Theresa M. Burns, 57, was a teacher. She was struck and killed by a car on Monday, January 21, 2013. | Brian Powers~Sun-Times Media
A cross sits at the scene on Church Road north of Corporate Blvd in Aurora where Theresa M. Burns, 57, was struck and killed on Monday, January 21, 2013. | Brian Powers~Sun-Times Media
Greg Zanis, adjusts a cross he put up at the scene on Church Road north of Corporate Blvd in Aurora where Theresa M. Burns, 57, was struck and killed on Monday, January 21, 2013. | Brian Powers~Sun-Times Media
AURORA — Police are investigating a hit-and-run crash that killed a woman as she tried to rescue a troubled teenager sitting in traffic on an Aurora roadway. The victim, Theresa M. Burns, 57, of the 700 block of South River Road, Des Plaines, was struck …