Articles Posted in Hit & Run Accident

Aurora police are searching for the driver of an SUV that struck a young boy and fled the scene on Wednesday evening. The suspect is female and was driving a dark-colored Nissan Pathfinder at the time of the crash.

Police say that the child, a 13-year-old male, was crossing Talma Street in Aurora at its intersection with 5th Avenue around 5:00 p.m. This is a four-way intersection in a residential area with relatively low traffic. There are marked pedestrian crosswalks for travel in each direction at this intersection yet the suspect allegedly struck the teen as he crossed. Without stopping, the driver continue on eastbound 5th Avenue and turned onto Jackson Street.

The child suffered serious head trauma and was transported to nearby Rush-Copley Medical Center. Due to the nature of his injuries, the teen was airlifted to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood for treatment. His current condition and the extent of his injuries are not known.

Police want to speak with anyone who may have witnessed the accident or the fleeing vehicle or anyone who may known something about the accident or driver. The public is encouraged to call the Aurora Police Department with any tips.

If the driver in this incident is apprehended, she may face felony charges in addition to any traffic violations. This is because Illinois law makes it a felony to leave the scene of an accident where someone is seriously injured or killed. Besides committing an additional crime, drivers who flee an accident scene place victims at additional risks. If the driver does not stay or contact the authorities, a victim may experience significant delays in obtaining needed medical treatment which increases the chance of permanent injury or death.
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A 21-year-old woman was killed after she was hit by a speeding car in Bridgeport on Friday night. The driver of the car did not stop after the crash and fled the scene and is currently being sought by police.

The crash happened as the woman walked across Morgan Street near the intersection with 32nd Street in Bridgeport. While she was in the street, a dark colored speeding car who was southbound on Morgan hit the victim and threw her in the air. Emergency responders arrived but the woman did not respond and died of her injuries while still at the scene of the collision.

The victim was a well-known barista at a coffee shop just a block away from the crash and was known as a promising local artist. Her interests sought her to pursue her education at the American Academy of Art in Chicago, from which she graduated just last month with a specialization in graphic design.

Traffic on southbound Morgan Street has a stop sign at the intersection with 32nd Street, requiring every vehicle that travels there to yield the right-of-way. There is a marked pedestrian crosswalk on the north side of the intersection as well and pedestrians cross there daily. It is not yet clear whether the driver ran the stop sign or whether the victim was within the crosswalk at the time of impact or whether what citations, if any, will be found by the driver if police are able to locate him.

Anyone with information about this accident should immediately contact the Chicago Police Department.

Regardless of who is at fault, if you are involved in an accident in Illinois, the law requires you to stay at the scene until you have spoken to a police officer and the police officer has obtained your basic information. This law has many purposes, one of which is to have the police and ambulances called if a victim is unable to do so. When a driver flees the scene and leaves a victim unconscious, the victim cannot call an ambulance or otherwise get help, delaying any treatment and significantly increasing the changes that the injuries will become permanent or even turn fatal, as they did in this case.
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On Monday evening, Chicago police officers received a call of a hit-and-run in the block of 6400 South Paulina Street in West Englewood. When they arrived, they found a 64-year-old woman and her 14-year-old grandson injured at the scene.

Reports indicate that a teal Pontiac Montana minivan struck the two victims as they crossed South Paulina Street. The minivan sped away after the impact and did not render any form of aid to the woman or her grandson.

Paramedics took the grandmother to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn for examination and treatment of her injuries. The fire department listed the woman in serious condition but her physicians at Advocate Christ have since declared her in critical condition as a result of the crash. Her grandson was transported to the University of Chicago’s Comer Children’s Hospital where doctors have declared him in fair condition. It is not yet clear what injuries either suffered in the collision.

Police continued to investigate the accident and shortly after the 6:00 p.m. collision, they located a minivan fitting the description. The driver was pulled over and arrested in connection with the hit-and-run but the police are seeking help from any witnesses in the matter.

If you have any information regarding this accident or who was driving the van at issue, please call the Chicago Police Department.

It is Illegal in Illinois to flee the scene of an accident that you were involved in before speaking with police and other responding officers, whether or not the collision was your fault. Leaving the scene of an accident can be a felony violation of the law, meaning that drivers who do so can face serious time in prison if convicted. Not only is it against the law, but leaving the scene of a crash also significantly endangers anyone who has been injured in the accident. If a victim is unable to call for help and a driver flees the scene, the needed medical attention may be significantly delayed and result in further injury or even death.
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