Chicago man, 30, charged in fatal Lake View hit-and-run
CHICAGO - A 30-year-old Chicago man has been charged with a fatal hit-and-run that happened in August.
On Aug. 14, police say Brett Dimick was driving in the 3500 block of N. Fremont Ave. in the Lake View neighborhood when he struck two pedestrians in a crosswalk, killing Sophie Allan, who was a cancer survivor.
Dimick then fled scene, police said.
"He should not have been driving in the first place," Assistant State’s Attorney James Murphy said. "He was driving in a reckless manner and basically mowed down these two pedestrians. She survived cancer but didn’t survive an encounter with this defendant."
Dimick allegedly left a pair of sandals that were later tied to him by a DNA analysis.
Dimick turned himself into police Monday.
Brett Dimick | Chicago Police Department
He’s been charged with one felony count of failure to report an accident/death, one felony count of failure to report an accident/injury, and one felony count of reckless homicide.
Dimick of the Old Town neighborhood was ordered held on $5 million bail Tuesday.
His driver's license has been suspended since 2009. Dimick has several drug-related convictions between 2009 and 2019 in Will and DuPage counties.
He was scheduled to appear in court again Jan. 3.
The Sun-Times Media Wire contributed to this report.