Chicago mother speaks out after North Side hit-and-run crash that injured son, 4 others

CAN IMAGINE THE HORROR GOING THROUGH THAT MOTHER'S MIND AS SHE SAYS SHE HEARD THE MOMENT THAT CAR SLAMMED INTO ANOTHER RIGHT AT THE SPOT WHERE HER OLDEST SON WAS RIDING HIS BIKE. >> A MOMENT THIS FAMILY IS NOT TAKING FOR GRANTED. AS A MOTHER WALKS DOWN THE STREET TODAY WITH HER KIDS ON THE SAME BLOCK WHERE HER 13 YEAR OLD SON WAS INJURED IN A HIT AND RUN. IT HAPPENED JUST AFTER SIX WEDNESDAY EVENING NEAR JONQUIL TERRACE AND MARSHFIELD IN ROGERS PARK. THE MOTHER, WHO DID NOT WANT TO BE IDENTIFIED, SAYS SHE THOUGHT SHE LOST HER SON. THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING. >> LIKE, BECAUSE THAT'S HOW I HAD THE IMPACT. YOU HEARD IT. IT WAS LIKE, BOOM. AND I DIDN'T SEE HIM AT FIRST BECAUSE HE WAS ON THE GROUND. >> EXCLUSIVE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO FROM A NEARBY BUILDING SHOWS HER SON RIDING HIS BIKE, WHEN SUDDENLY THE BLUE SEDAN COMES SPEEDING DOWN THE ALLEY, CRASHING INTO A VAN, THE BOY MANAGING TO RUN AWAY WITH JUST SOME CUTS ACROSS HIS BODY. >> I WAS HAPPY THAT WHEN THEY TOOK HIM, HE DIDN'T HAVE AND TOOK HIS X RAYS. HE DIDN'T HAVE NO BROKEN BONES, ANYTHING, AND WE WAS ABLE TO LEAVE THE HOSPITAL. SO I AM VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT. THERE WAS NOTHING BUT GOD. THE SUSPECT COULD BE SEEN RUNNING AWAY FROM THE VEHICLE. >> THERE WAS A FAMILY OF FOUR IN THIS VAN AS ANOTHER ANGLE OF VIDEO SHOWS THE IMPACT OF THE CRASH, POLICE SAY TWO PARENTS IN THEIR 40S AND TWO CHILDREN THAT ARE SEVEN AND TEN YEARS OLD WERE ALL TREATED AND RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL WITH NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES. >> THEY WERE COHERENT AND THEY WERE VERY THANKFUL THAT PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO KICK THE FRONT WINDOW OUT TO GET THE KIDS OUT. THE MAIN THING WAS FOCUS WAS THE KIDS. >> SOURCES TELL ABC SEVEN CHICAGO THAT POLICE WERE TRYING TO MAKE A TRAFFIC STOP ON THE VOLKSWAGEN SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWS MULTIPLE COP CARS DRIVING THROUGH THAT AREA. WHEN THE DRIVER OF THE SEDAN COMES UP RIGHT BEHIND THEM AND TURNS INTO AN ALLEY BEFORE SPEEDING DOWN AND CAUSING THE CRASH. POLICE, STILL LOOKING FOR THE SUSPECT AND THE MOTHER IS HOPING THEY WILL BE HELD RESPONSIBLE. >> HE NEEDS TO BE CALLED. HE NEEDS TO BE CALLED THAT SERIOUS. YOU CAN'T JUST WALK AWAY FROM SOMETHING LIKE THAT. LIKE PEOPLE COULD HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES. SO AGAIN, POLICE STILL SEARCHING FOR THAT SUSPECT AT THIS HOUR AND ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE INVOLVED

Channel: ABC 7 Chicago

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Keywords: news, Chicago crash, rogers park crash video, crash video, surveillence video near me, children hurt, Rogers Park car crash, involving bicycle, Marshfield, Jonquil, chicago police, cpd

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Length: 2min 18sec (138 seconds)

Published: Thu Jun 13 2024