Chicago man charged with DUI in 2023 crash that killed driver
Marvin Bonilla | Chicago police
CHICAGO - A Chicago man was charged with reckless homicide in connection with a high-speed crash in 2023 that left another driver dead.
Deadly Southwest Side crash
The backstory:
The crash happened around 4:44 a.m. on June 23, 2023 in the West Elsdon neighborhood on the Southwest Side.
Marvin Bonilla, 27, was speeding in a Ford Mustang when he struck a Toyota SUV in the 400 block of West 59th Street. A 50-year-old man who was driving the Toyota was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center where he was later pronounced dead.
Bonilla tried to flee the scene of the crash but was found a few blocks away. He was taken to the same hospital with unspecified injuries.
Car destroyed in SW Side crash leaving man critically injured
A messy two-vehicle crash involving an SUV shut down 59th at Pulaski early Friday morning.
On Tuesday, Bonilla was arrested in Fuller Park. He was charged with reckless homicide/motor vehicle and aggravated DUI causing death, both felonies.
Bonilla, of Back of the Yards, has a detention hearing scheduled for Wednesday.
No further information was provided.
The Source: The information in this report came from the Chicago Police Department and previous FOX 32 reporting.