Sophie Brunner has many reasons to be pissed off and in mourning this week.

The mother of the former WNBA star was one of two people killed in a double fatal crash in rural Stephenson County on Saturday.

61-year-old Darcy Connolly-Brunner was struck when Rolando Ico-Choc, a 30-year-old Guatemalan national, crossed over into the wrong lane. The migrant was also killed in this accident.

At a press conference on Tuesday, Stephenson County Sheriff Steven Stovall said the preliminary investigation revealed Darcy Brunner was driving a Ford Edge northbound when she was struck head-on by a Nissan Altima driven by Rolando Ico-Choc.

Authorities are awaiting results of toxicology tests, but Stovall clarified that Brunner is not considered to be at fault.

“It is with great sadness we mourn the

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