A Grand Jury has indicted a 17-year-old Elgin girl for a variety of felonies in relation to an August traffic accident that claimed the lives of two South Elgin High School students.
Kane County State’s Attorney Jamie L. Mosser and Bartlett Chief of Police Geoffrey Pretkelis announced yesterday that the subject has been charged with Aggravated driving under the influence of drugs, Class 2 felony (2 counts); Reckless homicide, Class 3 felony (2 counts); Aggravated driving under the influence of drugs, Class 4 felony (2 counts); and Aggravated reckless driving, Class 4 felony.
During the morning of August 31, 2023, the subject was driving a blue Honda Civic with three passengers north on Illinois Route 25 in the vicinity of Kenyon Road in Bartlett. She began to turn left, failing to yield to an oncoming dump truck, which struck the passenger side of the Honda, pushing it into a cornfield.
Two passengers in the Honda, a 16-year-old female and a 17-year-old female, were killed as a result of the crash, and the third passenger suffered great bodily harm. The dump truck flipped onto its side and its driver suffered minor injuries.
The subject was under the influence of marijuana at the time of the crash and did not have a valid driver’s license.
After the indictment, a warrant for the subject’s arrest was issued and Bartlett police took her into custody.
Judge Salvatore LoPiccolo allowed the suspect to remain out of custody while her case is pending but set the following conditions until further order of the court:
- She has a 10pm to 10am curfew
- She shall not leave the state of Illinois without the court’s permission
- She shall refrain from using any intoxicating compounds including cannabis and alcohol
- She shall submit to random drug and alcohol testing
- She shall have no contact with the surviving victim
- She shall not drive without a license
Judge LoPiccolo set the suspect’s next court appearance for January 26, 2024 at 9am in Courtroom 311 at the Kane County Judicial Center.
